Launching response “For a clean Vietnam from hands”

On May 10, the Ministry of Health launched the Action Month to respond to World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 with the theme “For a clean Vietnam from hand sanitizer”.

The participating units, doctors and nurses responded to the program. To ensure the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic nationwide and create conditions for the program to easily reach a large number of people, the launching ceremony was conducted in an online form on the Vietnam Health Facebook page – Ministry of Health. The 5th of May every year is designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as World Hand Hygiene Day to raise awareness among healthcare workers about the importance of hand hygiene. for public health in general and to support infection prevention at hospitals in particular. In the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, promoting propaganda and raising awareness of keeping hands clean is not only confined to medical staff but also needs to be extended to the community. If health workers wash their hands to protect the health of the people they care for, people also need to be aware of hand washing to contribute to protecting the health of themselves and the community. This is the meaning that the program wants to send to everyone through the message: “We washed our hands for you, wash your hands for the community” to contribute to the implementation of the “5K” request of the Ministry of Health. . At the launching ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen sent a message to the medical staff: “On behalf of the leadership of the Ministry of Health, we call on colleagues from all over the country, the “angels” white shirt” is working day and night for public health, those on the front lines of epidemic prevention and control, having a short break between work hours will share beautiful images recommending the community to regularly wash their hands and strictly follow the 5K message”. During the Action Month to respond to World Hand Hygiene Day, the Ministry of Health launched an online contest on social networking applications for collectives and individuals across the country, participating in the call to spread the beautiful image of the health sector about the action of washing hands to clean bacteria “We washed our hands for you, you should wash your hands for the community”, from May 5 to the end of May 30, 2021, with a total prize value is 80 million. In the collective form, each participating hospital and unit takes a group photo of creative hand movements. The photo must show the slogan “We washed our hands for you, wash your hands for the community” (write on the board, on paper… creative freedom). The unit posts photos on its Facebook page to make it public with the message #AikenVietnam #Chuyengiakhangkhuan #Sachkhuantudoitay, calling for interaction (likes, shares, comments). After that, the unit commented on the contest entry right under the article announcing the rules on the Aiken Vietnam Facebook page. In personal form, individuals change their avatar or post a picture with the frame of the program, on the content of the avatar must show the slogan “We washed our hands for you, you should wash your hands for the community”. “. The individual posted on his Facebook page to make it public with the message #AikenVietnam #Chuyengiakhangkhuan #Sachkhuantudoitay, calling for interaction (like, share, comment). Then, personally comment on the contest entry right under the article announcing the rules on the Aiken Vietnam Facebook page. Immediately after the launch, despite being busy fighting the epidemic, many units, doctors and nurses across the country enthusiastically sent positive images to the program to spread meaningful messages to the community. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.