Vietnam ranks 13th in the world in terms of the number of people suffering from TB

Currently, Vietnam ranks 13th out of 22 countries with the highest number of TB patients in the world, he

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Mr. Dinh Ngoc Sy, Director of the Central Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital, said at the conference to summarize the 20-year national TB program, on July 27.

In the period 2001-2005, Vietnam has discovered nearly 500,000 patients with tuberculosis infection. The highest area is the Mekong Delta with the rate of 100 / 100,000 people suffering from tuberculosis AFB (+) and tuberculosis of 150 / 100,000 people.

However, according to Mr. Sy, the work of tuberculosis prevention is currently facing the increasing number of patients with TB / HIV co-infection, drug-resistant TB .

In the period of 2006-2010, the anti-tuberculosis program will develop drug diagnosis and supply centers for patients with multi-drug resistant TB; increase accessibility for ethnic minority and poor people . to achieve the target of detection of tuberculosis in the community of 85%, treat 90.6%, reduce 50% of infected people and 50 % of patients died in 2015.