It is necessary to strengthen cooperation in vaccines and biopharmaceuticals to proactively prevent and control diseases, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said while receiving Chairman and General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam Nitin Kapoor in Hanoi on August 14.
Vietnam still has a high rate of tuberculosis, ranking 11th among the top 30 countries globally with the highest rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. It is estimated that each year in Vietnam, there are around 169,000 new cases of tuberculosis, 8,900 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and roughly 14,200 deaths.
About 14 million people suffer from mental disorders in Vietnam, but the country has only 143 clinical psychologists and psychotherapists, the Suc khoe & doi song (Health & Life) newspaper reported.
Since November 2022 in Vietnam, simultaneous screening has been implemented for respiratory diseases including tuberculosis (TB), COVID-19, influenza A, B, syncytial virus and group-A streptococcus.
Vietnam will export 2 million doses of vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) to the Philippines and Indonesia between August and October this year, according to Nguyen Van Long, Director of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Misleading claims made by infant formula milk marketing, both globally and in Vietnam are undermining breastfeeding, a practice that brings lifelong health benefits to babies and young children, say the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) during World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7).
The first two years is a particularly important period, so children should receive regular health check-ups in this period to detect abnormalities early and handle them promptly.
Currently, the incidents of food poisoning, chemical poisoning, and drug abuse are on the rise. Vietnam urgently needs a long-term strategy to stockpile rare medicines for treatment.
A batch of the 5-in-1 vaccine supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Hanoi on July 27.
About the issue of treating patients with poisoning, VietnamPlus reporters had a discussion with Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen, the director of the detoxification centre at the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, to gain a clearer insight into the current landscape of poisoning prevention and treatment as well as related shortcomings that need to be addressed.
Never before have the cases of poisoning treated at detoxification centres across the country been so diverse, affecting people of all ages, including many unfortunate sufferers facing a lack of specific treatment drugs.
The third trial of the vaccine against hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) caused by the Non-Mouse-Adapted Enterovirus 71 (EV71) strain has been completed and is waiting for the Ministry of Health's approval, said Vice Director of Clinical Research Unit of Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh city Nguyen Trong Toan.
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