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Vietnam PM calls for action to check worst dengue outbreak in years

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ds vAlign=top width=435 height=0>Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:59:20 Vietnam (GMT+07) </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><!--This begin of the news --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height=30> E-mail to a friend </TD><TD width="50%">Print version</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left height=35>PM calls for action to check worst dengue outbreak in years
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</TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=cap align=left colSpan=2></TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The Vietnamese government called Friday for drastic measures to contain the dengue fever epidemic that is raging around the country, which experts fear could be the worst in recent years. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>
In letter to leaders of provinces and cities, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told them to ensure that their subordinates carried out preventive measures to eradicate mosquitoes and their larvae.
Those failing to check dengue outbreaks would be penalized, the letter warned.
The Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine (VAPM) reported that 21,300 people had contracted the disease this year, 23 of them fatally, respectively 23 percent and seven fatalities more than last year.
The southern region has accounted for 88 percent of the cases and almost all the fatalities.
VAPM experts are also concerned that dengue has been breaking out regularly this year, and not just during ?seasons? like in past years.
The concentration of mosquitoes that transmitted dengue was very high in many southern provinces, they said.
In some places, it was up to 1.8 mosquitoes per house while the outbreak warning threshold was just 0.5.
Vietnam sees a major dengue epidemic every three to five years, with the worst one in recent times occurring in 1998 when 300,000 people were infected and 480 died.:tiphat: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=29553​
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Re: Vietnam PM calls for action to check worst dengue outbreak in years

<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=tintop_title vAlign=top align=left>Health sector moves to contain dengue fever</TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_date vAlign=top align=left height=20>12:40' 07/07/2007 (GMT+7) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=text vAlign=top align=left>
VietNamNet Bridge ? Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien has asked provinces and cities nationwide to establish mobile medical teams to assist hospitals in giving first aid, treatment and care to dengue fever patients.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=image_desc align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The minister also urged agencies and hospitals to ensure sufficient medicines and serums to cope with the disease, which has been on the rise in the country.
The Ministry of Health had previously set up examination teams to assess the development of dengue fever in localities, raise public awareness of the disease and launch a national drive to spray mosquitoes and larvae that are able to transmit the epidemic from humans to humans.
In another move, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week sent an official dispatch to People?s Committees of centrally run provinces and cities, ordering drastic measures to contain the spread of the tropical disease.
Statistics released by the Department of Preventive Medicines show that the country saw more than 21,000 cases of dengue fever in the first half of this year, 23 of the cases proved to be fatal.
Dengue fever epidemics tend to be cyclical and become more frequent every 3-5 years. In 2004, 114 people died from complications related to the mosquito borne disease out of a total of 78,000 recorded cases. Health officials have since warned of the high risk of another epidemic hitting the country between 2007-2008.
Vietnam's temperate climate has been blamed for the spread of the dengue fever as it allows for favourable conditions for mosquitoes and larvae to develop year round, particularly in summer in the northern region and the rainy season in the southern region.:tiphat: ​
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/07/715245/
 
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