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Vietnam: It is necessary to provide prenatal and post-screening consultation for pregnant women

10:48, 05/09/2017

This content is specified in Circular No. 34/2017/TT-BYT issued on August 18, 2017 by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam providing guidelines for prenatal and neonatal consultation, screening, diagnosis, and treatment.

Circular No. 34/2017/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam stipulates that a health worker will give a consultation of prenatal screening tests to a pregnant woman as follows:

- Inform and explain screening tests’ results;

- Instruct the pregnant woman to choose methods of monitoring and caring the unborn baby or further specific diagnosis procedures;

- Instruct and refer the pregnant woman to another proper health facility for monitoring and performing diagnosis procedures as deemed appropriate.

Concurrently, Circular No. 34/2017/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam also stipulates that neonatal and post-screening consultation shall be carried out as follows:

The health worker will give a consultation of neonatal screening tests to the newborn’s parents or guardian as follows:

- Inform and explain screening tests’ results;

- Instruct the parents or guardian to refer the newborn to other proper health facilities so as to perform diagnosis procedures if the screening tests show that the baby is likely to have birth defects or pathological signs relating to endocrine-metabolic-genetic disorder.

View more details at Circular No. 34/2017/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from October 02, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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