The peak period for the campaign runs from now until July 31st, with key activities including: strengthening the disease surveillance system; preventing dengue fever outbreaks; preventing the spread of hand, foot, and mouth disease in schools and the community; preventing Covid-19 and protecting high-risk groups; striving to complete the declaration of measles eradication citywide; and intensifying communication efforts.
The Department of Health is tasked with leading and advising the City People's Committee on directing and organizing the implementation of the peak month; continuing to monitor, supervise, and urge localities to strive to declare the measles epidemic over by June 2025; directing health units to implement measures to prevent and control dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, and Covid-19; providing professional guidance and training to relevant agencies and units; strengthening the disease reporting system and the industry's information technology system to ensure that information is reported and responded to fully and promptly.
The Department of Health ensures sufficient medical resources (personnel, medicines, chemicals, equipment, etc.) for epidemic prevention and control; takes the lead in developing content and guiding communication activities on disease prevention and control; coordinates with departments, agencies, and localities to implement communication campaigns suitable for each target group; establishes inspection and monitoring teams for disease prevention and control work in departments, agencies, and localities; reports results and advises the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to direct and promptly handle units that are negligent or complacent in epidemic prevention and control according to regulations.
The Department of Education and Training directs schools and educational institutions to implement disease prevention and control measures according to the guidelines of the health sector; integrate content on dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, and Covid-19 prevention and control into regular activities for students and parents; coordinate and assign personnel to participate in inter-agency inspection teams on disease prevention and control in schools as requested by the Department of Health.
The People's Committees of districts, Thu Duc City, and wards, communes, and towns organized and implemented a high-intensity campaign month in their localities, mobilizing the political system and all citizens to participate in disease prevention and control; mobilizing community health collaborators and organizations to participate in environmental sanitation campaigns and disease prevention communication; directing, inspecting, and supervising communication, environmental sanitation, admission and treatment, and handling of dengue fever outbreak risk points.
Coordinate with the health sector to deploy the "Online Health" application to receive and process reports on disease risk areas; simultaneously, inspect and strictly handle violations of disease prevention and control regulations; strengthen management and inspection of disease prevention and control implementation by local health facilities and educational institutions, especially private childcare groups.
According to the Ministry of Health, the global situation regarding infectious diseases remains complex, with many diseases showing an increase in cases in numerous countries. Domestically, although the epidemic is largely under control, there has been a localized increase in the number of infectious disease cases in some areas, notably dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, and Covid-19.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the infectious disease surveillance system is recording a rapid increase in the number of hand, foot, and mouth disease cases each week; the number of Covid-19 cases is also trending upwards in recent weeks, notably with the recording of a new variant, NB.1.8.1, with severe cases in patients with underlying conditions.
Dengue fever, in particular, remains stable, but is entering the peak season, and the number of cases is predicted to increase in the coming period.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tphcm-buoc-vao-thang-cao-diem-phong-chong-dich-benh-post799824.html
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