Health in Vietnam
[1] Malnutrition is still not as common as it was in the provinces and the government spending on health care corresponded to just 0.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
[8] Beginning in the late 1980s, the quality of health care began to decline as a result of budgetary constraints, a shift of responsibility to the provinces, and the introduction of charges.
Consequently, at that time almost half the population had no access to clean water, a deficiency that promotes such infectious diseases as malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, and cholera.
[15][16] Younger generations psychological issues may stem from increased access to the online world, causing overthinking, anxiety, insomnia.
The National Institute of Tuberculosis supports developing TB- related strategies and managing guidelines for the different levels of healthcare in Vietnam.
All four levels work together not only to provide ongoing treatment and examination, but also to establish trust in the government health services implemented through community relationships and a close network of doctors, faculty, and patients.
[2] In 2002, Vietnam also implemented a communication plan to provide accurate information in order to respond to any barriers or misconceptions about tuberculosis treatment.
[18] A 2012 study of tuberculosis control in Vietnam identified a shortcoming in the current strategy of attending solely to symptomatic patients, as it has not been marked by any significant decrease in TB rates.
[22] Vietnam's government is incorporating a plan that will utilize the taxes from tobacco and alcohol to cover the cost of universal healthcare and make sure its population is ensured.
[23] As of January 2005, Vietnam had diagnosed 101,291 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, of which 16,528 developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 9,554 died.
However non-governmental organizations, like the Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI) Archived 2020-10-26 at the Wayback Machine for example, are devoted to improve the situation and quality of life of HIV/AIDS affected people.
In June 2004, the Bush Administration announced that Vietnam would be one of 15 nations to receive funding as part of a US$15 billion global AIDS plan.
Since the mid-1990s, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) collaborates with the Government of Vietnam at the national, provincial, and district levels through delivering preventive care and treatment services, advocating to strengthen the health system, and providing sustainable long-term plans.
Vietnam experienced an epidemic of dengue fever when 181,054 infection cases and 30 deaths were reported in almost localities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The 2019 outbreak is concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Ba Ria-Vung Tai and Binh Duong provinces.
In the light of COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam was praised by the international community to have successfully contained the spread of the disease with no deaths yet as being reported by mid-April 2020.
On February 1, 2020, the Vietnamese government suspended all flights to and from China in order to combat COVID-19, making it one of the first countries to enforce travel restrictions.
Vietnam is a single-party state with a centralized government that is able to utilize its military resources in order to implement surveillance and contact tracing.
Although over the years illicit narcotics trade has decreased via application of stringent laws, the opioid epidemic such as with heroin and cocaine still remains a concern, especially with Vietnam's geographical proximity to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia that stretches across China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
