Doctors give blood pressure examination to elderly people in Ha Tinh province

Speakingat the 8th national medical science conference on managingnon-communicable diseases at grassroots health care facilities in SoutheastAsia in Hanoi on October 25, the deputy minister said nearly 8 out of every 10deaths in Vietnam are due to non-communicable diseases.

Hereported that of the estimated 548,800 deaths in Vietnam in 2016, 77 percentwere caused by non-communicable diseases, adding that 44 percent of those whodied of non-communicable diseases were under 70 years old.

Tocope with the burden of those diseases, the Prime Minister approved a nationalstrategy on prevention and fight against non-communicable diseases during2013-2020.

“Vietnamhas achieved nine out of 19 indexes assessing the progress and nationalcapacity in preventing and fighting non-communicable diseases,” Deputy MinisterSon said.

Henoted that fighting those diseases had been made a main priority of the VietnamHealth Programme issued in February this year.

Atthe conference, 18 scientific papers in six majors were presented fordiscussion, and four medical associations of Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar andIndonesia shared their experience in managing non-communicable diseases.

Discussionsat the event focused on measures to prevent risks of non-communicable diseases,and the measures will be popularized through communication activities./. VNA

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