Bayer Vietnam and the Vietnam Administration Medical Service (VMSA) have signed the memorandum of understanding to build a digital channel on stroke prevention in Vietnam for the period 2021-2023. VNS Photo
Bayer Vietnam on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Viet Nam Medical Service Administration (VMSA) to set up and operate a digital channel for a three-year period from 2021 to 2023 to provide information about stroke prevention to the general public.Bayer and VMSA will seek to raise public awareness of disease prevention in general but especially stroke prevention.
The channel will provide accurate and useful information on how to proactively prevent and treat a stroke.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this initiative offers a convenient and safe way to share this practical and helpful knowledge with patients and care givers.
According to the World Health Organisation, stroke is the most common cause of death in Việt Nam. Every year around 200,000 people suffer from a stroke, and half of them die of it. Those who survive have to live with ongoing disabilities that could leave them unable to work, with families and society often left to pick up the pieces.
As it is a common community practice to search for information about stroke on the internet, online resources play an important role in disease management and prevention. But with so much information out there, it is important to ensure the public is accessing reliable information when it comes to serious medical conditions like stroke.
This digital channel provides critical information in friendly and easy-to-understand language about strokes, including causes, symptoms, treatment, and recommendations for stroke prevention through lifestyle change as well as treatment compliance.
The regularly updated channel will be available as a subpage in the VAMS website, providing information on lifestyle changes that can be made to help prevent strokes and improve overall health and generally raise awareness.
It is hoped that the channel will be the first of many official information channels from the Ministry of Health for providing reliable information on a variety of illnesses.
This trusted information will also help doctors have more tools for advising patients about stroke prevention, creating a connection that strengthens the foundation of community health.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of VMSA under Ministry of Health and vice head of Non-communicable Diseases Control Department shared: “One of the important focuses of the health sector for the period 2013-20 is the implementation of the national strategy on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as well as building a strategy for the next phase in Viet Nam. The joined forces with Bayer to raise public awareness on stroke prevention with new digital resource programme in period 2021-23 is in accordance with this strategy, contributes to the community’s awareness raising and correct understanding of stroke.”
As a global life science company, the programme forms part of Bayer’s ongoing patient-centric commitment to achieving better prognosis, longer survival times, and better quality of life for all.
Dr Tran Thi Lan Huong of Bayer said: “We are always striving to bring value to local communities and patient outcomes through our innovative medicines, technology and impactful programs targeted at meeting specific areas of high unmet medical needs to offer patient-centered benefits.
“Bayer’s partnership with the Ministry of Health highlights our ongoing commitment to reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases on individuals, health systems and communities, and improving the quality of life of people in Viet Nam.” — VNS