On 17/07/2019, the Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 17/2019/TT-BYT guiding the supervision and response to infectious diseases and epidemics issued by the Minister of Health. The Circular is effective from 01/09/2019.
Accordingly, in Article 6 of Circular No. 17/2019 / TT-BYT, there are provisions on monitoring contents, specifically:
1. For persons suffering from contagious diseases, carriers of infectious diseases, people suspected of being infected with contagious diseases, the supervising contents include:
a) Full name, age, gender, occupation, contact phone, living address, place of study and work; location and duration of illness and onset; disease development, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment process, health care and treatment facilities before getting sick; information on assays confirming appropriate pathogens; obstetric history, history of vaccination and immunological status, travel history at home and abroad, information on exposure history, exposure and epidemiological factors involved;
b) Economic, cultural and social conditions at the monitoring place
2. For infectious pathogens: strains, species, groups, types, subtypes, genes, genotypes, biological properties of drug resistance, changes in form, gene and mode of transmission.
3. For the transmission medium
a) Animals: quantities, relationships with humans and other characteristics required. Particularly for insects that need additional supervision: biological characteristics, species composition, monitoring indicators, chemical sensitivity;
b) Food: raw materials, sources, methods of processing, storage, transportation and distribution;
c) Environment: soil, water, air;
d) Other objects carrying infectious pathogens.
4. Based on infectious diseases and epidemics, objects of supervision and requirements of different types of supervision, the units responsible for supervision and selection of appropriate supervision contents.
And also according to Article 6 of Circular No. 17/2019 / TT-BYT, the monitoring process is carried out according to the following steps:
1. Collect data and information.
2. Data analysis, interpretation and evaluation of results.
3. Assess the risk, identify disease situation, infectious diseases.
4. Proposing intervention measures.
5. Report and share information.
Accordingly, the issuance of Circular No. 17/2019/TT-BYT is a legal basis to guide competent agencies to actively monitor and respond to infectious diseases and epidemics. This contributes to the complicated situation of infectious diseases and epidemics.