Sunday, August 12, 2012

Health in Vietnam (yahoo answers)

from yahoo answers

Stress, cancer, and contaminated food
are the biggest health concerns in Vietnam, a study by marketing and market research firm Cimigo has found.

The “Understanding Vietnamese consumers’ healthy choices” survey polled 1,000 people aged between 15 and 40 in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and other cities, The Saigon Times Daily reported Monday.

Stress topped the list of worries in fast-growing Vietnam, which hopes to become industrialized by 2020, with 36 respondents saying it was their top concern.

“The greatest fear is an invisible one: the plague of stress, which is ranked as the highest concern,” Cimigo said, adding women are more fearful than men.
Cancer and contaminated food followed, with 21 and 20 percent of respondents naming them.
“Strong concerns are voiced about pollution and food contamination – such as the recent melamine crisis,” the study said.

“Consumers look for increased safety and reassurance at all levels of their food choices – like traceability, clarity on ingredients, and information on origins.”
Other health concerns include skin and digestion problems, pollution, and poor eyesight.
...The World Health Organization (WHO) has been working side-by-side with the Government and development partners in Viet Nam for more than 50 years and has played a critical role in disease control and prevention.
The Organization has been at the forefront of numerous public health efforts, assisting the Government in the elimination of poliomyelitis and neonatal tetanus, devising strategies to combat public health threats and setting standards across a range of public health issues.
Today, WHO’s close partnership the Vietnamese Government remains stronger than ever – and we continue to formulate and implement health programmes and activities to bring about better health and a better quality of life for everyone in Viet Nam – particularly those most at risk.
The recent rapid social and economic development of Viet Nam makes the country a rewarding and exciting place to live and work. However, its diverse social, economic and geographical mix also poses particular challenges to public health.
Viet Nam’s health indices have improved substantially in recent years, but the country is now facing a host of relatively new health problems including Avian Influenza, which remains a serious public health threat despite intensive prevention and control efforts.
More than 15,000 people die from road accidents every year, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is escalating and the number of non-communicable or “lifestyle diseases” such as tobacco-related diseases, cancer, heart disease and diabetes has risen drastically in recent years. They now account for nearly half of all deaths

Meanwhile, some communicable diseases continue to persist, such as tuberculosis (TB), dengue and parasitic diseases.WHO is helping Viet Nam face these current health challenges and supporting its transition to a middle income country, by providing expertise, developing appropriate systems and tools and advocating policy change.Although WHO has been “doing business” in Viet Nam for half-a-century our overall mission - to support Viet Nam in its quest to achieve the highest attainable level of health for its people

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