WHO: Vietnam acts rapidly to fight acute diarrhea

22/04/2008 -- 9:30 PM

Hanoi (VNA) – World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Representative in Vietnam says the country reacted rapidly and accurately against the recent acute diarrhea disease. WHO’s Dr Jean-Marc Olive said that soon after outbreak of the disease, Vietnam ’s healthcare sector quickly identified the cause and worked out effective treatment to ensure there were no fatalities from the disease. At an acute diarrhea assessment meeting held in Hanoi on April 22, WHO experts and the Vietnamese Health Ministry reported that recent outbreaks in Vietnam were due to bad food hygiene and safety. So far, the Health Ministry’s five mobile food safety inspection teams have closed 60 percent of restaurants they have examined for failing to meet the food hygiene standards. WHO urged the Government to promote five measures to ensure food safety, including personnel hygiene, separating cooked and uncooked food, preserving food at safe temperatures and using safe water. Preventive Medical Department Director Nguyen Huy Nga told the meeting the number of newly infected patients has decreased, but the country is currently caring for 2,490 acute diarrhea patients in 20 provinces and cities, including 377 patients who tested positive to the cholera virus. Three provinces and cities have not detected any new acute diarrhea cases and are waiting to be dropped from the list of localities affected by the disease. They include Quang Binh and Phu Tho provinces and Ho Chi Minh City .-Enditem
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