Thực trạng nhu cầu chăm sóc sức khỏe nhân dân, bộ đội và một số yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến công tác đảm bảo y tế tại các xã đảo thuộc địa bàn quân khu 7 và quân khu 9

Study on current status of ensuring healthcare service in the island communes of military zone 7 and military zone 9 shows that: the demands on medical examination and treatment of people and army forces are increasing, the patient transportation, emergency, search and rescue on the sea are difficult. Due to far from inland, the distance between the islands from 1-200 km. The rate of poor and near poor is high (10-16.6 percent). a Health human resources in 19 island communes is c lacking. There are doctors in 11/19 communes/towns; obstetric-pediatric assistant doctors or 2nd degree midwives in 16/19 communes; health workers in 40/90 villages. Equipment rapidly degrades by the high moisture and salinity in the air. That epidemic prevention work is still weak, the lives of fishermen with many bad habits affect the health of the islanders are major challenges to the health sector in health ensurance in this area.