(HBO) - "North East and Red river delta regions health system support project” (Norred) has been implemented since 2013. The implementation area includes 13 provinces with a total capital of 155 million USD, of which the loans from The World Bank is 150 million USD, Vietnam's reciprocal capital is 5 million USD.
The staff, nurses and doctors of the provincial General Hospital are trained to improve the technique of reading and scanning MRI.
The project is implemented in 3 components. In Hoa Binh, the project is implemented at the Department of Health and 5 selected hospitals, including the Provincial General Hospital, the Health Centers in Mai Chau, Luong Son, Kim Boi, Tân Lạc districts. For the component to improve the quality of health services, training, and technology transfer, the Norred Project has provided 5 units with the modern equipment with a total value of over 67.6 billion VND in the past 6 years.
In addition to receiving the medical equipment, the Project Management Board has also focused on training on improving the hospital quality and training in the equipment preservation, the drug safety usage, treatment and care for the stroke patients...
The Project beneficiaries have sent the staff to participate in training and technology transfer classes organized by higher-level hospitals such as Viet Duc and Bach Mai and K hospitals. In these training courses, the officials, the nurses and doctors of the beneficiary hospitals were transferred dozens of high technologies such as the laparoscopic surgery for gastrectomy, the disc herniation surgery, the lumbar spine cushions and photoelectric intervention circuit, the prophylaxis and care for pressure ulcer wounds, the support in endoscopic endoscopy upper digestion, the cardiovascular ultrasound, the advanced reading and MRI technique...
Some of which have been successfully transferred and applied. The trainees have received the transfer techniques from the centre-level hospitals for the good implementation at their own hospitals to help many patients benefit from the new technologies and advanced equipment. This helps improve the quality of the medical examination and the treatment for people, significantly reducing the situation of referrals.
In addition, Hoa Binh a mountainous province, the economy still faces many difficulties, the percentage of the near-poor households accounts for quite a high proportion. Since the project was implemented in Hoa Binh, the expense of 20% has been provided to buy health insurance for the near-poor households, helping them to have the health insurance cards in their hands and to have the peace of mind at medical examination and treatment at health facilities.
The support of information, education and communication is implemented on direct and indirect communication activities on the health insurance by the Project. In particular, the direct communication such as talks, exchanges of health insurance propaganda integrated with art, group discussions, health insurance training have been organized for the health workers at the grassroots level, the village health workers...
In the indirect communication, the Center for Health Education and Communication, now it is the Department of Health Education and Communication (the Provincial Center for Disease Control) has built reports, TV-Sport, radio reading ... Thanks to the support of the Project in communication, it has contributed significantly to the implementation of the regimes, the policies and the benefits of people on health insurance, and the health insurance policy has become more and more widespread, and the people can understand more and they are increasingly participating in health insurance.
Over recent years, the Farmers' Union of Mai Chau district has implemented numerous specific programmes and activities to support its members in developing products under the One Commune One (OCOP) programme. These efforts have contributed to enhancing local agricultural branding, increasing goods value, and improving incomes and living standards for residents.
Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
Hoa Binh allocated over 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.18 billion USD) to develop infrastructure systems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2019 - 2024. Priority was given to transport and irrigation infrastructure; markets; schools; medical stations; communal houses; and power grid, telecommunication, radio, and television systems.
The Hoa Binh provincial organising committee for anniversary activities on December 17 held a ceremony to unveil a ceramic mural on the local military-civilian ties and release a book on the Party and political work of the provincial armed forces during 1947 – 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
As a mountainous district still facing numerous challenges, Da Bac has made notable progress in advancing administrative reforms across various areas. The district has prioritised reorganising and streamlining its administrative apparatus, operating "one-stop-shop” units, and applying information technology (IT) in the handling of administrative procedures. Efforts have also been directed toward upgrading infrastructure and equipment to enhance service quality for residents and businesses.
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