Recently, the measles situation in children has had many complicated developments. Faced with the possibility of the disease spreading, since March 2025, the province has launched a measles vaccination campaign across the province.
To implement the plan, the province has established 190 vaccination teams in communes, wards, towns and 3 hospitals: Provincial General Hospital, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Vietnam - Sweden - Uong Bi Hospital to deploy vaccination campaigns; set up 45 emergency teams on standby at hospitals, district, town and city medical centers; arranged 171 expanded vaccination points at health stations, 20 vaccination points at schools, 8 vaccination points at sub-stations. The goal is to ensure that 95% of children who are eligible for vaccination who have not been vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated with measles-containing vaccines according to regulations are vaccinated with 1 dose of measles-containing vaccine.
The resettlement area of the fishing village (Zone 8, Ha Phong Ward, Ha Long City) is home to many fishermen who were relocated from fishing villages to shore nearly 10 years ago. However, due to the nature of their occupation, which requires frequent trips to sea, vaccinations for children here have not been fully implemented. This has led to the emergence and spread of measles in the community in recent times.
Doctor Vuong Thanh Nga, Head of Ha Phong Ward Health Station, said: “Currently, there is no specific treatment for measles, the most important thing for children is to be fully vaccinated. However, due to the nature of their work, many families have not had their children vaccinated or have not had all the vaccinations, so we had to review the list in the area, propagate and mobilize households to have their children vaccinated in time to avoid spreading the disease.”
In addition to implementing vaccination campaigns to prevent epidemics for children, micronutrient supplementation is essential for children. In particular, vitamin A is an essential micronutrient that helps strengthen the immune system, improve vision and support children's development. Vitamin A deficiency can lead to many serious health problems such as xerophthalmia, vision loss and increased risk of infectious diseases. Therefore, the health sector has promoted health check-ups, height and weight measurement to assess children's nutritional status, especially implementing vitamin A supplementation sessions at commune and ward health stations.
In order to implement the goals of the National Strategy on Child Nutrition for the period 2021-2025, the provincial sectors also coordinate to organize many health care and nutrition programs for mothers and children. The provincial health sector also promotes nutritional care and counseling activities in the first 1,000 days of a child's life, integrated into prenatal care at health stations and the community. Medical facilities perform well the essential care process for mothers and newborns during and immediately after birth. In cases of normal birth, counseling is provided so that the child can breastfeed early within the first hour after birth at the health station with delivery.
At health stations, screening and nutritional assessment are organized for pregnant mothers 3 times/pregnancy/person and 3 months/time/child for children under 2 years old; nutritional counseling is provided for children under 2 years old... Health stations also provide health care for mothers and newborns in the first 42 days after birth at home, to monitor the health of both mothers and newborns in the first 6 weeks at home.
Thereby, the national nutrition strategy in the province is strengthened from the province to the commune. The provincial level currently has CDC Quang Ninh; the district level has specialized staff from 13 districts, towns and cities. 100% of communes have specialized nutrition staff and nutrition collaborators, contributing significantly to the work of preventing malnutrition in children.
Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/cham-soc-va-phong-benh-cho-tre-em-3354836.html
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