Vietnam was placed 12th in the list of 22 countries with the largest number of tuberculosis (TB) patients in the world last year, health officials told a conference in Hanoi on February 4 to review the results of the national anti-tuberculosis programme.
Multidrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are affecting around 5,000 people each year, while the rate of tuberculosis sufferers infected with HIV has climbed up to 8.1 percent in 2009 compared with 5 percent in the previous year.
The officials said the number of new tuberculosis patients between 15 and 24-years old is growing.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen asked the Central Lung Hospital to build an anti-tuberculosis network on a national scale and provide more equipment and personnel for hospitals at grassroots levels with the aim of achieving the targets of the national anti-tuberculosis programme during 2010.
The deputy minister also called on foreign organizations to help Vietnam press ahead with this programme.
The officials said the number of new tuberculosis patients between 15 and 24-years old is growing.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen asked the Central Lung Hospital to build an anti-tuberculosis network on a national scale and provide more equipment and personnel for hospitals at grassroots levels with the aim of achieving the targets of the national anti-tuberculosis programme during 2010.
The deputy minister also called on foreign organizations to help Vietnam press ahead with this programme.
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