Panorama of the rally in response to Diabetes Prevention Day, the day for all people to buy and use iodized salt.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that progresses silently. High and prolonged blood sugar is the main cause of dangerous complications that affect the life and quality of life of the patient such as: eye damage causing blindness; kidney failure; foot infection, amputation; especially cardiovascular complications such as: high blood pressure, stroke, myocardial infarction..., which are the leading cause of death for diabetic patients.
Along with diabetes, other endocrine diseases such as metabolic disorders, goiter, and hypothyroidism are also on the rise. The cause of these diseases is mainly due to iodine deficiency.
Director of the Central Endocrinology Hospital Phan Hoang Hiep spoke at the rally. |
At the rally, Director of the Central Endocrinology Hospital Phan Hoang Hiep informed: In Vietnam, the rate of diabetes is also increasing following the general trend of the world .
According to a national survey by the Central Endocrinology Hospital in 2002, the national diabetes rate was 2.7%. After 10 years, in a national survey in 2012, this rate had doubled to 5.4%.
The results of the most recent national survey in 2020 showed that the rate of diabetes in Vietnam is 7.3%; the rate of pre-diabetes is 17.8%. Of which, the rate of undiagnosed diabetes in Vietnam is currently more than 60% and more than half of adults have never had a blood sugar test to detect diabetes.
Organizing rallies in response to World Diabetes Day and the day for the whole population to buy and use iodized salt contributes to raising people's awareness of the harmful effects of diabetes and the risk of diseases caused by iodine deficiency, thereby finding effective solutions to prevent and control the disease.
Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health Nguyen Huu Le called on medical units in the province to participate in activities to prevent and control diabetes and iodine deficiency disorders. |
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health Nguyen Huu Le said: In Nghe An, according to the report of Nghe An Endocrinology Hospital, in 2010 the rate of diabetes in the whole province was 5.36%, by 2020 it had increased to 7.2%. These are truly alarming numbers.
Appreciating the efforts and results in diabetes prevention that Nghe An Endocrinology Hospital has achieved in the past time, in the coming time, the Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health requested that Nghe An medical units participating in diabetes prevention activities; prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders need to strengthen coordination between provincial units such as: Endocrinology Hospital, CDC Center with Health Departments and Health Centers of districts, cities and towns in the province, fully grasp the policies and regulations of the relevant health sector to advise the People's Committees at all levels to direct departments, branches, unions, and socio-political organizations in the whole province to promote the socialization of diabetes prevention and control in the area.
The province will also promote propaganda work in all forms within conditions and capabilities to raise public awareness of the consequences of diabetes and how to prevent it, as well as the importance of iodine and the risks of iodine deficiency to human health, the Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health emphasized.
On this occasion, Nghe An Endocrinology Hospital also solemnly held the 15th Anniversary Celebration.
THANH CHAU
Phuong Temple
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