About 2,500 locals in the central province of Quang Ngai will receive free medical care during a charitable event from July 7-14, as part of the Q-Health programme that focuses on improving health care services for residents in central region.

The Health Ministry has warned of observable risks of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in Vietnam through arrivals from the Middle East.

A medical declaration will be applied to people who enter into Vietnam from Middle Eastern countries from July 1, according to the Ministry of Health.

As many as 321,265 expectant mothers across the country received HIV pre-test counselling by the end of the first quarter this year, according to the HIV/AIDS Control Department under the Health Ministry.

The proportion of drug addicts nationwide to join a two-year methadone treatment programme is 93 percent, with nearly 16 percent of them continuing to use drugs, albeit at a lower frequency, according to the Ministry of Health.

A group of Italian experts will offer free operations to regenerate genitals for nine child patients and give free checkups to 20 others with genital problems at the Da Nang maternity and children’s hospital in central city of Da Nang.

Dong Thap, June 15 (VNA) – Over 5,000 residents in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap attended a national-level meeting in response to the fourth ASEAN Dengue Day on June 15.

Nearly 400 cardiologists and geriatricians from Vietnam, the US, the UK, Italy and Japan gathered at an international conference in Tuy Hoa city, the central province of Phu Yen, on June 9 – 10.

The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has agreed to provide a 19 million USD loan in official development aid (ODA) for Vietnam to implement a health project.

The East Meets West (EMW) non-governmental organisation launched a dental care project in the central city of Da Nang on June 9, which will be activated in the central region before expanding to the north.

Representatives from 20 provinces and cities with large number of drug addicts gathered at a conference in Hanoi on June 5, debating the expansion of methadone therapy to treat drug users.

Medical stations in Ho Chi Minh City have been urged to increase inspections to promptly detect any patients who are suspected of having Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) or avian influenza H7N9, and swiftly contain them.

There is an observable risk that some dangerous infectious diseases currently prevalent somewhere else in the globe, especially the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV), may make their way to Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Preventive Medicine.

Nearly 10 percent of the Vietnamese population, or nine million people, suffer from mental disorders which come in different forms, with symptoms including anxiety, insomnia and emotional and behavioural disorders.