Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on December 20 to implement the pilot model of
enhancing capacity for medical centers at wards and communes, Tien said Vietnam has a
network of 11,400 infirmaries which spread nearly 99 percent of wards and
communes nationwide.
Thanks to the widespread coverage of
health services, Vietnam
has become one of the ten countries completing the millennium development goal
relating maternal and child health, and successfully controlled and eliminated
many dangerous diseases, the minister said.
However, she pointed to a range of
limitations remaining at grassroots health care services such as low quality,
limited capacity of health workers and the shortage of medicines, among others.
The health ministry has rolled out
an action plan to implement the project on building and developing grassroots
health care network in the new period during 2018-2020, Tien said.
To carry the project, efforts will
be focused on professional skills, human resources, material facilities,
equipment, financial supply, health care and IT application, she noted.
Dr. Kidong Park, Chief
Representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam,
stressed the significance of the renovation of the health system in Vietnam,
explaining that it helps the country achieve the target of universal health
care coverage.
The Vietnamese health sector should
heed preventing non-contagious diseases and take people as the center in health
care services, the official suggested.
The model will be piloted in medical
clinics of 26 wards and communes of eight cities and provinces, including
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh, Long An, Khanh Hoa and Lam
Dong.
Source: VNA