Several ministries and Vietnam-based development partners have signed anaide-memoire in Hanoi on June 24 on cooperation on fighting drugresistance.
Signatories included the Ministries ofHealth, Agriculture-Rural Development, Industry-Trade, and NaturalResources-Environment. Among the development partners are WHO, FAO,UNICEF, USAID and the CDC.
The deal forms part ofthe country's efforts to combat drug resistance in the fields of healthcare, agriculture and environment protection.
"Drugresistance has become a greater risk that is now threatening people'shealth and the economy of Viet Nam due to the increasing anduncontrolled use of antibiotics," said health minister Nguyen Thi KimTien at the signing ceremony.
Tien stressed that analarming number of antibiotics can be found in food supply andecological environment, while the legal framework and regulation systemare currently inadequate for supervision, prevention and coping with themultilateral risks of drug resistance.
Tien said anoverall collaboration on policy and action between ministries andsectors with support from the community and development partners wouldbe an important foundation for combating drug resistance in Vietnam.
Under the framework of the aide-memoire, the sides will take actiontogether, following the 2013-2020 national action plan on combating drugresistance.
They will also work together to developcommunication and education plans to strengthen the community'sawareness on the reasonable use of antibiotics.
According to a 2009 survey on drug resistance, reported by 15 hospitalsin Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Hue and Da Nang, 30-70 percent ofgram-negative bacteria were resistant to cephalosporins of the third andfourth generations and nearly 40-60 percent were resistant toaminoglycosides and flouroquinolones.
On average, 274.7defined daily doses (DDD) of antibiotics are consumed per 100 occupiedbed days (100 day-bed) in Viet Nam. The rate was significantly highercompared to that of the Netherlands with 58.1 DDD/100 day-bed or that ofhospitals in 30 European countries at 49.6 DDD/100 day-bed.-VNA
Signatories included the Ministries ofHealth, Agriculture-Rural Development, Industry-Trade, and NaturalResources-Environment. Among the development partners are WHO, FAO,UNICEF, USAID and the CDC.
The deal forms part ofthe country's efforts to combat drug resistance in the fields of healthcare, agriculture and environment protection.
"Drugresistance has become a greater risk that is now threatening people'shealth and the economy of Viet Nam due to the increasing anduncontrolled use of antibiotics," said health minister Nguyen Thi KimTien at the signing ceremony.
Tien stressed that analarming number of antibiotics can be found in food supply andecological environment, while the legal framework and regulation systemare currently inadequate for supervision, prevention and coping with themultilateral risks of drug resistance.
Tien said anoverall collaboration on policy and action between ministries andsectors with support from the community and development partners wouldbe an important foundation for combating drug resistance in Vietnam.
Under the framework of the aide-memoire, the sides will take actiontogether, following the 2013-2020 national action plan on combating drugresistance.
They will also work together to developcommunication and education plans to strengthen the community'sawareness on the reasonable use of antibiotics.
According to a 2009 survey on drug resistance, reported by 15 hospitalsin Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Hue and Da Nang, 30-70 percent ofgram-negative bacteria were resistant to cephalosporins of the third andfourth generations and nearly 40-60 percent were resistant toaminoglycosides and flouroquinolones.
On average, 274.7defined daily doses (DDD) of antibiotics are consumed per 100 occupiedbed days (100 day-bed) in Viet Nam. The rate was significantly highercompared to that of the Netherlands with 58.1 DDD/100 day-bed or that ofhospitals in 30 European countries at 49.6 DDD/100 day-bed.-VNA
