Tuyển tập các nghiên cứu khoa học của trường đại học Huế đề tài: Một đánh giá của các phản ứng xử đối với dịch cúm A (H1N1) ở tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế trong năm 2009. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Hue University N0 61 2010 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TREAMENT RESPONSE FOR THE EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA A H1N1 IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE IN 2009 Nguyen Dung Hoang Huu Nam Duong Quang Minh Nguyen Mau Duyen Nguyen Khoa Nguyen Thua Thien Hue Provincial Health Department Nguyen Dinh Son Nguyen Thai Hoa Thua Thien Hue Provincial Preventive Health Center SUMMARY The epidemic of Influenza A H1N1 broke into Vietnam with the first case identified at Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Hospital on 31st May 2009. It quickly spread nationwide with a pattern of infection involving clusters of cases at schools enterprises and factories which affected community activities and social epidemic hit the Province at the end of June 2009 with the two peaks one in September and mid-October and one in November. It then gradually reduced at the end of 2009. The first patient a Vietnamese Australian coming from Australia was hospitalized on the 24th June 2009. After that all of the District City Health Centers DHC organized an area to receive patients and set up emergency groups for treatment of influenza A H1N1 . Through an assessment of clinical progress of influenza A H1N1 cases the provincial health network devised a strategy to limit infection in the community and limit the effects of the epidemic to the community and the departments agencies activities. The total number of patients hospitalized from 24th June 2009 to 30th Decmeber 2009 was 2 051 cases which were almost all mild well monitored and isolated for treatment. There were 1 084 cases treated in hospitals and 967 cases treated in controlled communities. The number of communes with patients that provided organised treatment in the community was 46 . Among 2 051 cases the most affected age group was 10-19 . The highest rate was among pupils and students . The mean time for fever resolving after using Tamiflu was days. There were no severe complications or deaths in the Province. The .