Price adjustments under the Ministry of Health’s Circular 21/2024/TT-BYT, coupled with soaring demand for medical examinations and treatment due to adverse weather, increased pharmaceutical and health service prices in January by 9.47% compared to the previous month.
Public interest, especially patients’ benefits, should be given due attention when rearranging the system of hospitals under the management of the Health Ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said.
Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr. Natalia Kanem has written an article on the occasion of the World Health Day (April 7), in which she calls for joint efforts in upholding the right of all people to reach the highest possible standard of health.
The Ministry of Health and the World Bank in Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoi on March 27 to discuss the orientations for developing grassroots healthcare in the new context.
Nearly 1.6 million people, especially in remote areas, have benefited in the past decade from a healthcare programme that offers access to affordable products and services.
A community one-stop-shop model called DOME was officially launched on September 8 in Ho Chi Minh City, piloting the first six shops with health services for HIV prevention and treatment.
A Ministry of Health (MoH) delegation led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son inspected health services and COVID-19 control measures arranged by Bac Ninh as a host of sport events of the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
Despite the number of people covered by health insurance rising in Vietnam, the abuse of health services and the health insurance fund is still a challenge for the country.
Ensuring sufficient and sustainable finance for clinics at the commune level to provide health services in line with family medicine has an important role to play, said a health official.
CPI in June 2018 rose by 0.61 percent against the previous month. Ten out of 11 groups of goods and services saw price hikes. This is the highest CPI rise in June over the past 7 years.
Vietnam is facing a significant shortage of skilled birth attendants in hard-to-reach areas and a significant difference in the competency of birth attendants in regions, according to midwifery, maternal, family planning reports.
The consumer price index (CPI) grew 2.82 percent in the first three months of 2018 compared to the same period last year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The Lao economy is projected to grow around 7 percent annually between 2017 and 2019, according to the latest edition of the World Bank's Lao Economic Monitor released in Vientiane on May 24.
