Vietnam 2013 Hand Foot & Mouth Disease

[Ronan Kelly]

2012 thread - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181344

Hand, foot, mouth disease forces Vietnam kindergartens to close
Last Updated: Thursday, March 07, 2013 06:35:00


Hand, foot and mouth disease has reared its head again in the southern province of Soc Trang, keeping hundreds of children away from school after a kindergarten shut down.
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But the district general hospital said things have been bad since the beginning of March and it is treating 42 infected children, most of them preschoolers.

Ho Chi Minh City health authorities said there had been 883 cases this year as of March 5, 18 more than last.
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http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/...d-foot-mouth-disease-in-southern-vietnam.aspx

 

[Catbird]

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"Number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease increase
13/03/2013 10:50
On 12.3, Department of Preventive Medicine (Preventive Medicine) said, has recorded nearly 1,000 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease from the beginning of the year in the North.

The local high incidence: in Tuyen Quang (87 cases); Peace (54); Lai Chau (40); Vinh Phuc (55); Bac Giang (30); Hai Duong (26). The new cases in these areas will continue to increase compared to the last week in February, a number of local incidence increased 100 - 250%...".

 

[Catbird]

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"Hand, foot and mouth disease began to "revolt"

02 April 2013

In late March, early April is the time of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) started "uprising" back. Recorded in the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, the beginning of the season this year appears more severe cases, the dangerous direction.

There have been cases of severe

New season but at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, in more than 50 cases of hand, foot and mouth in the hospital, there were 10 severe cases of 2B or higher. In particular, including three cases of grade 3 and a shift of 4 to mechanical ventilation, dialysis in critical condition.

Dr. Phan Tu Do, head of the Emergency Resuscitation positive anti-trust Pediatrics, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, the number of HFMD cases are starting to rise from the end of March. Most severe cases are treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases transferred from area Duoc District, Long An Province and Binh Chanh District (City).

In particular, the two severe cases, patients LTK (5.5 months of age; 4) and patients LTL (4 years, three), and siblings.

Meanwhile, from the date of 20-26.3, the number of HFMD cases entered Children's Hospital Children's 1 and 2 (HCMC) has begun to increase. 1 Children's Hospital received 62 new cases, up 59 percent from the previous week. 2 Children's Hospital received 34 new cases, up 36% from the previous week.

Statistics of the HCMC Preventive Health Center, from the beginning to the end of March, the whole city has a total of 1,343 cases of HFMD. In which, the last week in March has recorded 156 cases...".

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Hand-foot-mouth disease infects 12,400 people, killing 4
TUOITRENEWS
UPDATED : 04/05/2013 14:14 GMT + 7

The hand-foot- mouth (HFM) disease, a contagious viral illness that affects mostly infants and children, has affected over 14,200 (sic) people across Vietnam and killed four of them in the first three months of this year, the Health Ministry reported.

The figures were released by the ministry?s Preventive Health Department at a two-day national seminar jointly held in Hanoi yesterday by National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam.

The event, which was joined by many specialists from the US, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia and a number of international organizations, was a chance for Vietnam to share information and experience in fighting the disease, said Nguyen Thanh Long, Deputy Minister of Health.

The disease affected 157,654 people and killed 45 of them nationwide in 2012 before continuing to develop complicatedly so far this year, Long said.
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http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/8515/handfootmouth-disease-infects-12400-people-killing-4

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/8515/handfootmouth-disease-infects-12400-people-killing-4


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Hand-foot-mouth disease infects 12,400 people, killing 4
Tuoitrenews
Updated : 04/05/2013 14:14 GMT + 7


The hand-foot- mouth (HFM) disease, a contagious viral illness that affects mostly infants and children, has affected over 14,200 people across Vietnam and killed four of them in the first three months of this year, the Health Ministry reported.

The figures were released by the ministry?s Preventive Health Department at a two-day national seminar jointly held in Hanoi yesterday by National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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2 children die of hand, foot and mouth disease
July 3, 2013 by tuoitrenews Leave a Comment
Two children have died of the hand, foot and month (HFMD) disease in southern Binh Phuoc Province over the first six months of 2013, with the second fatality recorded on Tuesday, local health authorities reported.

Dr. To Duc Sinh, director of the provincial Preventive Health Center, yesterday reported that a two-year-old child, Nguyen Le Truc Phuong, in An Phu Commune, Hon Quan District, died of HFMD on June 29, after four days of treatment.
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The first death of HFMD occurred on January 4, when 5-year-old Nguyen Van Soi died in Dak Nhau Commune, Bu Dang District, Dr Sinh said.
Recently, the number of HFMD patients has sharply increased in the province, with about 30 cases per week, Sinh said.
In the first six months of this year, the province had 387 patients, up around 20 percent compared with the same period last year.
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http://vietmaz.com/2013/07/2-children-die-of-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease/#.UdQn1juw58M

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/81541/baby-dies-from-hand-foot-mouth-disease.html

Last update 17:00 | 12/08/2013
Baby dies from hand-foot-mouth disease

VietNamNet Bridge ? An one-year-old boy in southern Ben Tre Province' Mo Cay Nam District died from hand-foot-mouth disease at Nguyen Dinh Chieu General Hospital on Thursday, Aug 8...

...The province's Health Department reported more than 2,200 cases of the disease since the beginning of this year. Three of them died...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Sunday, Sep 01, 2013, Posted at: 13:26(GMT+7)
Health News in Brief
At the start of the new academic term nationwide, the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on August 31 ordered local departments to enhance supervision and prevention of hand-foot-mouth disease.

According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, since the beginning of the year, 37,788 cases of hand-foot-mouth have been recorded in nine provinces and cities, including 13 fatalities.

In Ho Chi Minh City one case of death was reported. The City has strengthened supervision and preventive tasks in schools.
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http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2013/9/106118/

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2013/12/107395/

Saturday, Dec 21, 2013, Posted at: 13:59(GMT+7)
Mekong Delta reports spread of Hand-Foot-Mouth disease

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease is currently spreading quite rapidly in the Mekong Delta, informed Dr. Ha Anh Tuan, Head of Intensive Care Unit of the Children Hospital in Can Tho City...

..The Children Hospital in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho is receiving child patients from the Mekong Delta Provinces of Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Bac Lieu and An Giang. In November alone, the hospital admitted 189 cases of Hand-Foot-Mouth. In December, up to 117 cases of Hand-Foot-Mouth were hospitalized. The disease also killed a three-year-old girl infant, Vo Phuong Nghi in Trung Hung Commune in Co Do District in Can Tho City...