HÀ NỘI —
A campaign to improve community awareness on hypertension control and
prevention was launched at a ceremony today to mark World Hypertension Day
which is on May 17.
The
project, titled First day of my hypertension life, is being held under the
Journee Medical Việt Nam-France co-operation programme between the Việt Nam
Cardiovascular Association (VCA) and Servier Việt Nam and is being sponsored by
the Ministry of Health and the French embassy in Hà Nội.
The
project aims to strengthen awareness on hypertension-related diseases by
encouraging patients to practice a healthy lifestyle and follow the treatment
for better hypertension control, which will help them manage the disease
better.
Vietnamese
doctors will be trained on advanced measures to treat hypertension and
techniques to provide consultation to patients.
A website
on hypertension, ngaydautien.vn, will be launched tomorrow that will provide
the latest information and enable patients to share their experiences with
others suffering from the disease and their families.
“Hypertension
is growing at an alarming rate in Việt Nam. It can cause dangerous
complications, even leading to sudden death,” VCA Chairman Prof. Nguyễn Lân Việt
said at the event.
Việt said
a survey on hypertension in 2015 revealed that the percentage of Vietnamese
people aged 25 or more with hypertension-related diseases had increased to 47.3
per cent, compared with 25.1 per cent in 2008.
An
estimated 39 per cent of people who are believed to have the disease remain
undiagnosed.
According
to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) statistics, there are some 1.5 billion
people suffering from hypertension. Some 17.5 million people die of
hypertension-related diseases worldwide each year.
VNS
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