The 5th session of the 15th National Assembly discussed the mobilization, management and use of resources to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic.

On May 29, continuing the 5th session, the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall to discuss the Report of the National Assembly's Supervisory Delegation on the mobilization, management and use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care and preventive medicine.

Through discussion, National Assembly deputies highly appreciated the selection of this supervision topic as practical, timely and effective; acknowledged and appreciated the sense of responsibility and efforts of the Supervisory Delegation and relevant agencies in closely coordinating with the Government, ministries, branches, the Fatherland Front, and local authorities at all levels in implementing supervision, contributing to improving the quality of the National Assembly's supreme supervision.

It affirmed that the use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care and preventive medicine has always been of interest to the Party, State, localities, the entire political system and the whole society, and has achieved very important and positive results, contributing to the good performance of the task of caring for and protecting people's health during the epidemic period, contributing to the successful implementation of the set dual goals.

The determination to join hands and unite, the spirit of solidarity of the entire nation under the leadership of the Party is the decisive factor helping us to win the COVID-19 pandemic. The efforts of the Government, local authorities, the entire political system, all levels, unions, social organizations... the enthusiastic and responsible help of the international community, together with the voluntary compliance, support and sharing among the entire population have made important contributions to the success in the work of preventing and fighting the pandemic.

Vietnam's greatest success in preventing and fighting the epidemic is that the people trust the Party and State's policies, are united in implementing epidemic prevention solutions, and demonstrate solidarity and compatriotism in difficult times, to achieve specific achievements in preventing and fighting the epidemic...

However, the pandemic has exposed difficulties, inadequacies, and limitations in mobilizing, managing, and using resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; limitations in implementing legal policies on grassroots health care and preventive medicine such as: the current legal system does not cover everything, and cannot regulate arising relationships and situations. The management, use, payment, and settlement of epidemic prevention and control funds from the state budget during and after the peak period of epidemic prevention and control are still delayed, causing many difficulties and problems that have not been resolved promptly and thoroughly.

The management and coordination of social resources are sometimes limited, confusing in organization and implementation, and ineffective. There have been serious violations in mobilizing, managing and using resources for disease prevention and control. The organization of the grassroots health system is not really stable, having undergone many changes, the management model of district health centers has not been implemented uniformly nationwide; Although the grassroots health and preventive health workforce has been consolidated, it is still lacking in quantity and limited in qualifications and professional capacity; Investment in grassroots health and preventive health is still inadequate, not commensurate with the viewpoint that "preventive health is the key, grassroots health is the foundation"...

Delegates also proposed many measures to both make the best use of the results and achievements gained in the past time and promptly and effectively handle the remaining difficulties, shortcomings and limitations through monitoring such as: needing a reasonable decentralization mechanism in responding to epidemics; focusing on investment in medical stations in remote areas; continuing to pay attention to policies to attract human resources for grassroots health and needing to have remuneration policies commensurate with the specific nature of the work for grassroots health workers; needing solutions to remove difficulties in procurement to ensure the supply of equipment and biological products, especially after the post-COVID-19 period...

Mai Lan

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