Non-communicable diseases are a group of diseases that progress silently, lasting for many years, and are difficult to detect early without regular check-ups. Most people are subjective and only go to the doctor when there are obvious signs of declining health, leading to late detection, causing dangerous complications that are difficult to treat.
Faced with this situation, the provincial health sector has strengthened health care measures for people; promoted the prevention of non-communicable diseases, focused on propaganda work, and raised people's awareness of this disease. Communication activities on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the province have been promoted on many platforms such as radio, television, electronic news sites, and social networks, contributing to raising people's awareness of risk factors and benefits of changing healthy lifestyle behaviors. The content of news and articles focuses on propaganda on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, while recognizing the efforts of the local health sector in early detection, management and treatment of diseases at the grassroots level. Thereby, it has contributed to spreading positive messages and mobilizing community participation in protecting and improving health. In 2024 alone, the entire industry will conduct direct communication on over 18,300 seminars, health talks, group discussions, and nearly 600,000 individual health consultations. Units also coordinate with the Provincial Communication Center to conduct the TV program "For Community Health", the radio program "Health is Gold"; communicate via social networks; distribute over 30,000 leaflets, posters, documents, and propaganda bulletins on World Cancer Day (February 4), Hypertension Day (May 17), World Diabetes Day (November 14) ...
Along with promoting propaganda, every year the provincial health sector focuses on organizing training courses to improve professional capacity for medical staff. At the same time, it strengthens the control of risk factors; preventive activities for high-risk and pre-diseased people; organizes screening forms, early detection of people with diseases; organizes campaigns for screening for non-communicable diseases combined with periodic health check-ups, medical examination and treatment... at medical facilities; promotes mobile medical examination and treatment in remote, border and island communes of the province.
From the beginning of 2025 to April 12, the whole province screened for hypertension for 140,440 people over 40 years old, detected 86,523 people with hypertension, managed and treated 60,735 people (598 new cases detected during screening and health check-ups), of which 34,528 patients were treated to control blood pressure to target; screened for diabetes for 122,283 people over 40 years old, detected 30,049 people with the disease, managed and treated 23,804 people, detected 243 new cases, of which 16,880 patients were treated to achieve blood sugar targets; screened for the risk of alcohol abuse for 115,415 people over 18 years old. Quang Ninh CDC also monitors non-communicable disease prevention activities at 11 medical centers and 42 health stations in the province.
In the coming time, the sector will continue to carry out screening activities for hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and alcohol; monitor and support units in non-communicable disease prevention activities at the grassroots level; organize training courses to improve professional capacity for non-communicable disease staff across the province. In 2025, the provincial health sector plans to carry out surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors for 60 clusters in localities to assess non-communicable disease indicators.
Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/phong-chong-benh-khong-lay-nhiem-3357980.html
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