The Acting Director of Dong Nai
Department of Science and Technology Huynh Minh Hau and Chairman of the Council
addressed the meeting.
The overall objective of the project
is to evaluate the effectiveness of the dengue fever prevention and control
model through schools. In particular, the specific goal is to improve both
public knowledge and practice on dengue fever prevention in households; increase
the percentage of people in exemplary commune (An Phuoc commune) with their
correct knowledge of and correct practice on dengue fever prevention up to at
least 30% compared to when the model was implemented; reduce the rate of dengue
fever per 100,000 population to less than 201; reduce 50% of dengue fever
patients compared to the average of 3 years ago; reduce 30% of dengue outbreaks
according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health compared to the average
rate 3 years ago and when there was no epidemic spread. Through the eradication
of mosquito larva in households and of students and communication measures in
exemplary communes, there were active activities held like killing mosquito
larva.
At the meeting, the members of the
Council evaluated the contents of the explanation of the research project as
highly feasible and essential for the community and in line with the actual
situation because at present there is no vaccine for dengue fever. Also, the
members of the Council basically agreed with the contents of the project’s
explanation and voted for it. However, it is necessary to revise and add some
contents accordingly.
Duy Minh (Thanh Cảnh)