Vietnam lacks 24,000 preventive healthcare workers

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A medical worker (L) in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District records information of a Covid-19 patient. Photo by VnExpress/Chi Le

 

Vietnam needs 23,866 medical workers to carry out preventive healthcare programs, including 8,000 doctors and 4,000 public health graduates, authorities say.

 

A report released Thursday by the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control stresses that the shortage is not just of quantity, but also quality.

 

On average, each Center for Disease Control (CDCs) in the nation's 63 provinces and cities has about 161 employees, but the figure is unstable and is not "properly arranged," the report says. Many CDCs do not have enough qualified staff for specialized positions.

 

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