Keyword: "universal health coverage"

Ho Chi Minh City is pioneering efforts to expand access to quality healthcare by deploying doctors and extending hospital services to remote and island areas, as part of its push toward universal health coverage.

The Ministry of Health and AstraZeneca Vietnam on March 8 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under which they will work with partners to promote existing and new programmes to improve public awareness of diseases, prevention, and early detection.

Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha underlined the significance of multilateral cooperation in bringing COVID-19 under control and sustainable economic recovery while attending the online 12th Mekong-Japan Summit on November 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 25 ordered promptly expanding remote medical services in order to complete the target of universal health coverage.

Vietnam is one of the countries enjoying a developed healthcare system in the ASEAN with nearly 90 percent of the population (about 84 million people) enjoying support from medical insurance, according to a report entitled “Power of Self-care in Achieving Health-for-All”.

About 81 percent of patients questioned said they are satisfied with medical services in Vietnam, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien cited an independent survey while delivering a speech at a United Nations meeting on September 23.

Health experts called for improving patient safety at medical facilities at a meeting held in Hanoi on September 17 by the Medical Services under the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day (September 17).

The Ly Thai To Statue Square in downtown Hanoi was bustling with activities marking World Health Day 2019 on April 7.

International Medical Development JSC of Vietnam’s TH Group will join hands with Japan’s International Total Engineering Corporation (ITEC) to build a high-tech health care complex in Hanoi.