The HCM City Department of Health will co-operate with the Department of Education and Training to train teachers and school management staffs on ways to prevent the spread of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease as the new school year opens on August 15.
At a monthly meeting between the department leaders and officials of health centres in the city's districts, Nguyen Dac Tho, deputy head of the City Preventive Medicine Centre, said that students' parents would also be provided with information to raise awareness and destroy mosquito larvae in their homes.
Both teachers and parents would be encouraged to keep their hands, as well as that of their children, clean at all times with regular washing with soap; and the floor and toys used by children would be disinfected regularly as preventive measures against HFMD, Tho said.
Moreover, district health centres would be asked to focus preventive measures on areas with a lot of renters and with increasing numbers of residents afflicted with either disease, he said.
According to the City Preventive Medicine Centre, 1,249 patients contracted dengue fever in July, an increase of 40 per cent over June. Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
The number of wards and communes in the city with residents afflicted by the disease in July also increased 12.4 per cent compared to June. Most of the patients were in districts 7, 8, Tan Binh, Binh Chanh, Binh Tan and Tan Phu.
The total number of dengue fever patients in the first seven months of the year was 5,965, double that of the same period last year. There were two deaths.
Meanwhile, the number of patients with HFMD last month reduced overall, but increased in some districts like Binh Tan and Tan Binh.
In July, 1,882 patients were diagnosed with HFMD, a decrease of 10 per cent over June. Five patients died, raising the death toll in the first seven months to 22.
The total number of HFMD patients recorded since the beginning of this year is 6,646.
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| A doctor is examining a kid at a children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. |
Both teachers and parents would be encouraged to keep their hands, as well as that of their children, clean at all times with regular washing with soap; and the floor and toys used by children would be disinfected regularly as preventive measures against HFMD, Tho said.
Moreover, district health centres would be asked to focus preventive measures on areas with a lot of renters and with increasing numbers of residents afflicted with either disease, he said.
According to the City Preventive Medicine Centre, 1,249 patients contracted dengue fever in July, an increase of 40 per cent over June. Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
The number of wards and communes in the city with residents afflicted by the disease in July also increased 12.4 per cent compared to June. Most of the patients were in districts 7, 8, Tan Binh, Binh Chanh, Binh Tan and Tan Phu.
The total number of dengue fever patients in the first seven months of the year was 5,965, double that of the same period last year. There were two deaths.
Meanwhile, the number of patients with HFMD last month reduced overall, but increased in some districts like Binh Tan and Tan Binh.
In July, 1,882 patients were diagnosed with HFMD, a decrease of 10 per cent over June. Five patients died, raising the death toll in the first seven months to 22.
The total number of HFMD patients recorded since the beginning of this year is 6,646.
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