Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – DeputyPrime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged greater efforts to develop healthcare establishments for the elderly at grassroots level while issuingpolicies to uphold their role in society.
Deputy PM Dam made the callduring a conference hosted by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on September 25 todiscuss community-based healthcare policy for the elderly on the occasion of InternationalDay of Older Persons (October 1).
He told participants that Vietnamrecorded 10.1 million old people in 2016, accounting for 11 percent of the country’stotal population, of whom over 2 million were over 80 years old.
The Deputy PM also suggested expandingthe model of family clinics, developing geriatric hospitals and increasing nursingstaff for the elderly.
The conference featured threeplenary sessions on the elderly healthcare policy, management of chronicdiseases frequently faced by older persons, and medical staff training.
Scientific reports delivered atthe event focused on improving readiness of healthcare services, improving therole of family doctors, encouraging the involvement of the private sector andthe public in this field.
According to the HealthMinistry’s General Office for Population – Family Planning, up to 65.7 percentof Vietnamese old people live in rural areas and rely on farming. As one of thecountries with the fastest-growing aging rate, Vietnam records an average lifeexpectancy of 73 years but the good health span is only 64 years.
The office proposed that thehealth sector should increase investment in the effort and build a friendlyenvironment for old citizens, among others.-VNA
Deputy PM Dam made the callduring a conference hosted by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on September 25 todiscuss community-based healthcare policy for the elderly on the occasion of InternationalDay of Older Persons (October 1).
He told participants that Vietnamrecorded 10.1 million old people in 2016, accounting for 11 percent of the country’stotal population, of whom over 2 million were over 80 years old.
The Deputy PM also suggested expandingthe model of family clinics, developing geriatric hospitals and increasing nursingstaff for the elderly.
The conference featured threeplenary sessions on the elderly healthcare policy, management of chronicdiseases frequently faced by older persons, and medical staff training.
Scientific reports delivered atthe event focused on improving readiness of healthcare services, improving therole of family doctors, encouraging the involvement of the private sector andthe public in this field.
According to the HealthMinistry’s General Office for Population – Family Planning, up to 65.7 percentof Vietnamese old people live in rural areas and rely on farming. As one of thecountries with the fastest-growing aging rate, Vietnam records an average lifeexpectancy of 73 years but the good health span is only 64 years.
The office proposed that thehealth sector should increase investment in the effort and build a friendlyenvironment for old citizens, among others.-VNA
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