Health Ministry’s department, Bayer sign communication programme on stroke prevention
The Ministry of Health’s Medical Services Administration (MSA) and Bayer Vietnam have signed a communication programme on stroke prevention for the community in Vietnam in the 2021-23 period.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health’s Medical ServicesAdministration (MSA) and Bayer Vietnam have signed a communication programme onstroke prevention for the community in Vietnam in the 2021-23 period.
The cooperation programme aims to improve the community’s awareness aboutdisease prevention in general and stroke prevention and control in particular.As part of the programme, MSA and Bayer Vietnam will develop an electroniccommunication portal that will provide accurate information and useful medicalknowledge about stroke prevention and treatment.
The electronic information channel will provide important information onstrokes to the community such as causes, symptoms, treatments andrecommendations for general stroke prevention through lifestyle changes andtreatment compliance.
The portal, which is linked to the current website of the MSA, will regularlyupdate information on building a healthy lifestyle, stroke prevention andhealth improvement and raise public awareness about strokes. The reliablesource of information will be a useful tool to help doctors in advisingpatients about disease prevention in general and strokes in particular.
MSA Director Luong Ngoc Khue said that implementing the National Strategy onPrevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases for 2013-20 and developinga strategy for the next period was one of the important focuses of the healthsector in the coming years.
Health experts said that strokes are the leading cause of disability and thethird most common cause of death in Vietnam. Each year, there are about 200,000stroke cases, of which about 50 percent of patients died. Although many peopleare fortunate to survive the stroke, they still suffer severe sequels, evenlosing working ability, creating burdens on families and society. Normally,strokes are common in people 50 years of age and older, but the age of peoplesuffering strokes is getting younger. Specifically, the rate of young andmiddle-aged people makes up about one-third of all stroke cases.
According to statistics in hospitals, the average rate of strokes among young peopleincreases by about 2 percent per year, of which the number of men is four timeshigher than that of women. That is why it is essential and important toincrease access to information on stroke prevention and treatment./.
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At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
