Ha Giang focuses on preventing and fighting diseases in humans

BHG - It is now the transition from spring to summer with continuous temperature changes, creating conditions for the growth of bacterial infections, including diseases transmitted through the respiratory and digestive tracts. Therefore, proactive and effective prevention and control of human disease is being actively promoted.

Residents in Ha Giang City proactively get vaccinated to prevent and control diseases.

According to a report from the Ha Giang Provincial Department of Health, infectious diseases in the province became quite complicated last year. Diphtheria was reported in four districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van, and Meo Vac, with a total of 50 cases and five deaths. In addition, some infectious diseases posted an increasing number of cases compared to 2022, such as mumps, chickenpox, and measles/rubella. The COVID-19 epidemic was also intricate, with a total of 1,716 cases and one death. During the current season change, several infectious diseases have the risk of increasing and spreading rapidly, which can easily break out into epidemics, such as measles, flu, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, and mumps.

Along with the active participation of the health sector, local authorities have also promoted communication with people from all walks of life to respond to disease prevention movements, such as the Week for Clean Water and Environmental Sanitation, the campaign to make the world cleaner, the campaign on “Cleaning rural environment, houses, roads, alleys”, and the deployment of community dengue prevention and control teams to monitor and guide the elimination of larvae in households, thereby contributing to protecting people’s health.

NGUYEN PHUONG