National Expanded Immunisation Programme's attainments in 30 years
Immunisation work has made significant contributions to protecting and improving health of Vietnamese children and the public, realising Millennium Development Goals.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on March 6 sent an urgent official dispatch asking local authorities to step up preventive measures against whooping cough.
Tran Dac Phu, head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine, speaks to the online VietnamPlus newspaper about the latest wave of whooping cough, which has killed five children.
Vaccination is one of the greatest medical success stories that save 2-3 million lives every year, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting held in the central province of Quang Ngai on June 3 in response to the World Immunisation Week 2017.