Vietnam commits to wiping out tuberculosis by 2030
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has committed to wiping out tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam by 2030 while addressing the High-Level TB Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
New York (VNA) – Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has committed towiping out tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam by 2030 while addressing the High-LevelTB Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN GeneralAssembly in New York.
TheCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee has issued a resolution which aimsto basically eradicate TB by 2030 and the Vietnamese Government has also rolledout a national end TB strategy, the official said.
She pledgedthat Vietnam will join international efforts to ensure no individual norcountry is left behind in the struggle to end the epidemic.
AlthoughVietnam has completed the millennium development goal of reducing TB, thecountry reports up to 13,000 deaths and 126,000 new cases due to the epidemiceach year, Minister Tien pointed out.
In herremarks, Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed described TB as a “viciousepidemic”, which infects some 10.4 million people across the world, and isfuelled by poverty, inequality, migration and conflict.
Betterhealth and social welfare systems and more investment are needed to halt thisglobal health crisis, and better tools are needed to overcome anti-microbialresistance, as 60,000 drug-resistant cases of TB are reported every year, shesaid.
Mohammedsaid the WHO will lead cross-UN efforts to support governments, workingtogether with civil society and all partners to tackle TB.
The meetingconcluded with the adoption of an ambitious Political Declaration on TB,endorsed by Heads of State, which is intended to strengthen action andinvestments for ending of TB, and save millions of lives.-VNA
The health sector has called for the involvement of authorities at all levels to act for a Vietnam without tuberculosis (TB) patients at a ceremony held recently in Hanoi.
The HCM City Department of Health has instructed health officials in all districts to visit households with patients who are at a high risk of contracting TB and offer testing and treatment.
Vietnam is one of the leading countries in the world in implementing the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to Director of the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme Tereza Kasaeva.
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Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien. (Photo: VNA) 
