Vietnam can successfully control epidemics

At the Scientific Conference of the World Pasteur Institutes, Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan affirmed: with the cooperation and help of the international community, including the French and the network of world Pasteur Institutes, Vietnam can completely control epidemics .

On November 27, 90 scientists from 30 Pasteur institutes around the world and more than 50 medical experts from Vietnam attended the Scientific Conference of the World Pasteur Institutes held in Hanoi.

Scientific research at the Laboratory at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.(Photo: cimsi.org.vn)

At this conference, scientists from the Pasteur Institutes in the world have shared experiences and results of new studies to propose measures to prevent and control diseases and improve health. copper.

The conference took place in the context of the world is witnessing the return of some epidemic infectious diseases previously controlled such as anthrax, rabies, virus, cholera, typhoid, polio, Rubela , dengue.

In the past 20 years, the world has identified more than 30 emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola, HIV / AIDS, avian influenza, SARS, mad cow . that occur in continents and are at risk of causing pandemics. large, seriously affecting the health of the community.

Many infectious diseases that cause epidemics currently do not have specific treatment drugs, there are no vaccines for disease prevention, so it requires more investment and research in the future.

At the conference, scientists also warned the trend of integration, globalization, trade liberalization and increasing international exchange . are the conditions for infectious diseases to be at risk. enter, flare, spread and prolong.

Therefore, it is very important to improve the capacity of epidemiology and testing for early detection and rapid prevention of new and re-emerging diseases.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health Trinh Quan Huan affirmed: With the efforts and experiences of successfully controlling SARS and A-H5N1 flu, together with the cooperation and help of the international community, including France and the network of world Pasteur institutes, Vietnam can completely control epidemics, proceed to eliminate and pay infectious diseases.