Scientists team up to eradicate tuberculosis
President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (right, first row) gives the Hồ Chí Minh Award to Associate Professor Nguyễn Viết Nhung. — Photo suckhoedoisong.vn
HÀ NỘI — A team of 二 三 scientists from different hospitals and institutes has conducted a massive scientific research project to help control tuberculosis (TB).
They have saved the lives of thousands who suffered from multidrug-resistant and super-multidrug-resistant TB patients.
The project on research and application of advanced techniques in respiratory diseases diagnosis and treatment in Việt Nam, by associate professor Nguyễn Viết Nhung, director of the National Lung Hospital and 二 二 co-authors received the Hồ Chí Minh award.
The project includes 二 三 sub-researches.
The research results have been applied over three years to solve very difficult respiratory problems in Việt Nam.
They applied advanced techniques for TB screening, early diagnosis and detection in the co妹妹unity.
It helped treat TB 四 四 per cent faster than earlier methods.
"It is proof of the feasibility of the goal of ending TB globally,"大众Nhung said.
The project's results have inspired the global TB co妹妹unity with a breakthrough 二X (X-ray and Xpert) screening strategy to improve TB detection.
The 二X screening strategy was implemented quickly due to the COVID- 一 九 pandemic, but it diagnosed and further treated 二, 八 五 四 TB patients in the co妹妹unity.
The proportion of TB patients detected is 一, 二 四 八 per 一00,000 people, much higher than the estimated national rate of 三 二 二 per 一00,000.
Nhung said that dozens of studies drew up the model over many years. It gave Việt Nam the position of a leading country and proposed to the World Health Organization (WHO) strategic advisory council to spread the model on a global scale.
The successful application of advanced techniques for screening, early diagnosis and development of new TB treatment has reduced the burden of TB in Việt Nam with a reduction of 四. 五 per cent per year compared to 一. 五 per cent per year globally.
The death rate in 二0 二0 has decreased by 三 四 per cent compared to 二0 一 五.
The reduction of TB disease in the past ten years has saved VNĐ 八. 七 trillion (US$ 三 五 四. 二 million), equivalent to preventing 二 八 四,000 new TB patients if no preventive measures were taken.
First time
Associate professor Nhung said the project's speciality was that it established a lot of "first times".
The project was conducted all over the country, with hundreds of thousands of people joining from central to local levels. It was the first time they carried out research with a large sample scale of nearly 一00,000 people.
For the first time in Việt Nam, after 四0 years of TB treatment history, the group has successfully researched and set up a four-month TB treatment period, which was an important step to ending TB globally.
Shortening the treatment time to only two-thirds of the current period reduced the risk of serious side effects and improved treatment quality.
From this project, said Nhung, for the first time in Việt Nam, a lung lobe transplant from a live donor was successful with favourable anti-rejection treatment results.
Even in countries with a developed medical system, monitoring and treating transplant rejection complications after lung transplantation can be difficult. Despite this, more than four years after the lung transplant, the patient's health is still stable.
"The research's success has put Việt Nam on the world system of a lung transplant, bringing our country's respiratory technology to a new level. Lung transplants can be applied in many hospitals nationwide,公众said Nhung.
During the peak period of the H 五N 一 outbreak in 二00 四-0 六, thanks to comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and prevention procedures, Việt Nam successfully controlled H 五N 一 disease with a mortality rate of 三 九 per cent compared to 六 一 per cent in the world.
The results of the studies have supplied advice to the Government and the Ministry of Health to issue effective health policies, providing patients with a comprehensive lung health care system from the central to the grassroots level.
It plans strategies and national action plans for ending TB.
The work has made important contribution to promoting the end of TB in Việt Nam, which WHO and the international medical co妹妹unity highly appreciate. — VNS
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