PM approves national health target programme
Vietnam aims to curb the annual ratio of infections and fatalities due to dengue below 0.09 percent by 2020 and early detect oral, breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in nearly 20 percent of people.
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These were mentioned in the Prime Minister’s approved national target programme on healthcare and population for 2016-2020.
The programme will be carried out in provinces and cities nationwide at a total expense of VND19.38 trillion (US$852.72 million).
It comprises eight sub-projects on preventing communicable diseases and common incommunicable ones, expanded vaccination, population and development, food safety and HIV/AIDS prevention.
The programme also aims to prevent haematological diseases, as well as provide healthcare services for army and people in sea, island, border areas and key security defence regions, while evaluating healthcare communications.
