Vietnam: 11,000 kits provided & 4 Laboratories from USAID; Tech. Assist. from WHO

On Friday, I brought you this, and I explained that I had only one case in Khanh Hoa, but my list showed me 3 suspected cases shortly after the confirmed....in which the final diagnosis was never reported...at least not to where I could find it.:
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Along with the recommendations of the health sector take measures to prevent what epidemic?

- First, the health sector continue to implement the monitoring closely, is monitoring the cases have been suspected as signs of high fever, cough and pneumonia. Besides monitoring, medical staff and sampling tests for flu cases suspected this.

Influenza surveillance in 15 points to perform monitoring, sampling random test virus in poultry and people. Recently, the monitoring point has discovered a ca positive in Khanh Hoa through the examination and supervision random.

For hospitals, the implementation of avian influenza treatment in new treatment guidelines and preparation of room isolation to limit treatment to prevent the spread of avian influenza in the community. Work on ensuring medicines and medical supplies, the reserves of Tamiflu is enough, more than 200,000 doses for the treatment.

In addition, the Ministry of Health is working with the World Health Organization to update the general situation and find out effective measures to prevent.

http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/03/vietnam-bird-flu-back.html

VN supports U.S. bird flu prevention
22/03/2010 14:40

(TNO) U.S. Embassy in Vietnam today (March 22) said that the government will provide more than 11,000 kits VN personal protective equipment, and four laboratories to help health workers quick response to outbreak of avian influenza or H1N1 influenza can occur.

Aid package worth more than 100,000 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the requirements of VN Ministry of Health, with technical assistance of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The kits will be forwarded to the health department epidemiologist, the Pasteur Institute and other local high risk of outbreak of avian influenza or most in need of equipment, including clothing protection protection, masks, gloves and gauze test infection.

Protection kits to be used at the local high risk to prevent contact between human and avian influenza virus H5N1, a virus capable of high pathogenic.

The equipment will help reduce the risk of infection from animals to humans and among humans in the process of detection and treatment of ca infection in humans, examine and respond to the first outbreak, as well as the the other activities.