The launching ceremony on propagating “World Malaria Day April 25th, 2014”
The launching ceremony and the march, was held by the collaboration of IMPE Quy Nhon, NIMPE, WHO and Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee in Krong-Pa district, Gia Lai province - one of the most severe malaria endemic areas of Vietnam on April 25th, 2014 with the theme "Invest in the future. Defeat malaria." Attending the ceremony were Dr. Nguyen Thanh Duong, Director of NIMPE and crew members; Dr Nguyen Van Chuong, Director of IMPE Quy Nhon and crew members; Dr Specialist II Mai Xuan Hai, Director of Gia Lai provincial Department of Health; MA Luong Truong Son, Vice Director of IMPE Ho Chi Minh; Colonel Dr Le Ngoc Anh, Army Medical Department - Ministry of National Defence, MA Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy - the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health; leaders of the Malaria Control/Preventive Medicine Centers of provinces: Quang Binh, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Binh Phuoc; Mr Kpah Ngun, Vice Chairman of People's Committee, Committee of Fatherland Front of Krong-Pa district. Besides, the news media such as Tien Phong press, Gia Lai press, Gia Lai provincial health education and communication center, Krong-Pa television broadcast station also participated in the ceremony. Especially, nearly 800 people who are the representatives of the sections, branches, unions, people, armed forces, public security, and students of Krong-pa high school also attended the ceremony.
The goal of the ceremony and the march is to propagandize the content and importance of the World Malaria Day, 25th April; Launching the campaign to implement the malaria control measures in 2014 effectively; Launching the malaria control communication campaign in the community of Central - Western Highland areas, in order to contrubute in achieving the goals: reducing mortality, decreasing morbidity and preventing epidemic from occurring.
| Dr. Nguyen Van Chuong-Director of IMPE Quy Nhon making his opening speech | | The delegates at the ceremony |
After the fascinating performance of the Krong-Pa cadres, employees and the welcoming speech made by Mr. ng Kpa Ngun, vice chairman of Krong-Pa People's Committee, Dr. Nguyen Van Chuong, Director of IMPE Quy Nhon, made the opening speech and launched the campaign to implement the malaria control measures in 2014; some other delegates also stated at the ceremony: Dr. Nguyen Thanh Duong, Director of NIMPE, Project Promoter of National Malaria Control Program; Colonel Dr. Le Ngoc Anh - Army Medical Department and his speech on co-operating amry, people and medical sector in controling malaria, Dr Specialist II. Mai Xuan Hai, Vice Director of Gia Lai provincial Department of Health and his speech on responding the World Malaria Day, 25th April.
| | Dr. Tran Thanh duong - Director of NIMPE speaks at the ceremony | Colonel Dr. Le Ngoc Anh- Army Medical Department, Ministry of National Defencespeaks at the ceremony | | | Mr. Kpah Ngun- Vice Chairman of Krong-Pa People?s Committee speaks at the ceremony | Dr Specialist II Mai Xuan Hai- Director of Gia Lai provincial Department of Health speaks at the ceremony | In his speech, Dr. Nguyen Van Chuong, Director of IMPE Quy Nhon pointed out: this is the seventh year we launch the World Malaria Day with the theme "Invest in the future. Defeat malaria" and with a strong commitment to control malaria. The World Malaria Day was launched by the members of the World Health Organization in the meeting of Global Health Council in 2007. In the past few years, the IMPE Quy Nhon and the health sectors of the Central-Western Highlands-based provinces and army medical forces, border guard have devoted a great deal of efforts in the malaria control activities as well as containing epidemic, reducing malaria mortality, morbidity and preventing malaria epidemic from occurring; contributing enormously in improving the people's health and productivity in the severely-hit malaria sites. However, the Central - Western Highland in general and Gia Lai province in particular has complicated fluctuation of malaria characteristic, the risk of malaria resurgence is high especially in the remote, mountainous and border areas. Some communes of Krong-Pa district, Gia Lai province are representative of those areas; since 2011 the malaria cases have emerged. The patients are detected in every month of the year but mostly in the beginning and ending months. only in eight first months of 2013, 874 malaria cases were detected, mostly in the beginning of January and August. The increasing malaria cases in the communes of 2 districts Krong-Pa and Krong Chro are mainly in the communes/villages where there are people going into the forest, sleeping in the field-hut in long time in the highly endemic malaria sites where there is the local transmission of An. minimus. Beside that, we are still facing many difficulties in malaria control such as multi-drug resistance malaria parasite, malaria mosquitos change the ecological acitivities and appear in all over malaria endemic areas, along with the impact of global climate changes that create reasonable condition for malaria developing and increasing dramatically.
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