Strengthening prevention and control of HFMD
05/07/2022
(binhthuan.gov.vn) Along
with maintaining medical forces to carry out vaccination work at fixed and
mobile injection points, maintaining monitoring and control of the COVID-19
situation, the province's health system is proposing many solutions to further
strengthen the prevention and control of annual common diseases, especially
dengue fever and hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), minimizing the risk of
epidemic outbreaks.
According to
preliminary statistics, up to now, the province has recorded 253 cases of HFMD.
Although it decreased by nearly 28% compared to the same period in 2021, it
increased sharply compared to the previous months.
Currently, there is
no specific vaccine for the disease, prevention is the most common measure to
avoid the transmission of the disease through the digestive tract and most
importantly, it is important to pay attention to avoid direct contact with
source of infection.
It can be said that
the care and prevention of HFMD for children are not only the responsibilities of
parents but also depending a lot on teachers and caregivers to be able to
detect early symptoms and signs of illness for timely isolation. Because if it
is not well prevented, monitored, detected and handled, the environment at
preschools and kindergartens will be the place with many risks of infection for
young children./.
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