Fight against TB needs active engagement of all people: expert
A lung expert has called for more active public participation in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control to eradicate the disease from Vietnam by 2030.
A nurse tends to a TB patient at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A lung expert has called for moreactive public participation in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control toeradicate the disease from Vietnam by 2030.
The appeal was made by Director of the NationalLung Hospital and Chairman of the Vietnam Lung Association Nguyen Viet Nhung ata press meeting on March 19 ahead of the World TB Day (March 24).
He noted that TB is a communicable but curabledisease, adding that if the TB fight receives due attention and involvesall-level authorities, sectors and the whole community, the goal of eradicatingTB by 2030 is completely achievable.
In Vietnam, up to 174,000 people are infectedwith TB bacteria and 13,000 die of the disease each year. More than 100,000 TBpatients are diagnosed and sent for treatment annually.
This means the rate of detected and reportedpatients is just 57 percent, Nhung said.
He added that the recovery rate is high – morethan 90 percent of new patients, 75 percent of multidrug-resistant TB patientsusing long-term treatment regimens, and 80 percent of multidrug-resistant TBpatients using short-term treatment regimens.
Around the globe, the recovery rate is 85percent among new patients and 56 percent among multidrug-resistant TBpatients.
New technologies, drugs and treatment approachesfrom around the world have been applied in Vietnam and proved highly effective,even for multidrug-resistant TB and super extensively multidrug-resistant TBpatients, according to the expert.
In response to this year’s World TB Day, due to thecomplex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Lung Hospital andthe Vietnam Lung Association decided to organise a teleconference on the issuewith authorities of all the 63 provincial-level localities and internationalorganisations.
Youth and women’s unions to combat TB will alsobe set up with a view to equipping 10 million young people, 20 million womenand all primary students with knowledge and skills about TB prevention andcontrol. Besides, a text message campaign will also be launched to call fordonations to support a fund for TB patients./.
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A nurse tends to a TB patient at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) 
