Representatives from the Health Ministry and hospitals nationwide sought ways to encourage the involvement of sectors and accelerate public-private partnership in healthcare at a conference in Hanoi.
The 10th Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD) and related events opened in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on September 14.
The nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign for eight months from September 2014 to May 2015 has provided free-of-charge immunisation shots to nearly 20 million children aged 1-14 years.
Five more southern hospitals – Cho Ray, Thong Nhat, Nhan Dan 115 and Paediatrics 1, besides Can Tho General – have committed to improve health workers' behaviour towards patients.
Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six
successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people
and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients.
The number of healthcare insurance holders in the country has thus
far reached 64.6 million, accounting for 71.4 percent of the total
population, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at a teleconference
on July 1.
Demand for body organs for life-saving transplants in Vietnam is high
but supplies are low. This is because hundreds of people with terminal
ailments - or their relatives - refuse to agree to donate vital body
parts, such as heart, kidneys or liver.
Nearly 45,000 individuals arriving in Vietnam by air, sea and land from
countries affected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
(MERS-CoV) have been screened by body-temperature scanners, a health
official said.
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has became the
first join stock commercial bank to offer a preferential credit
programme worth 20 trillion VND (921.65 million USD) to the healthcare
sector.
The Vietnamese Government looks to achieve 75 percent health insurance
coverage in 2015 and 80 percent by 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
said on March 4.
Vietnam’s healthcare sector history has been chronicled and featured in a
respected space established within the Hanoi University of Pharmacy,
which was inaugurated on February 27, marking the 60th ceremony of the
Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955-2015).
Politburo member Dinh The Huynh visited the Ministry of Public Health in
Hanoi on February 25 on the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of
Vietnam Doctors’ Day (February 27).
The health sector will take drastic measures to prevent disease and
ensure food safety and access to healthcare during the lunar New Year
(Tet) holiday, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at a
teleconference on February 5.
The national human vaccine programme got off the ground with the signing
of contracts between the programme office and four vaccine makers at a
ceremony in Hanoi on January 28.
Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has urged Central Highlands
provinces to accelerate the completion of construction on a regional
general hospital and continue improving the grassroots health system to
ensure proper health checks and treatment for locals.
Thousands of students from various universities in Hanoi
participated in a voluntary blood donation campaign at the Hanoi
University of Technology on January 25 as part of the ongoing ‘Red
Sunday’ festival nationwide.
Hospitals from the grassroots and central level have become less
overcrowded, which is due in part to a 2011-2016 scheme pursued by the
Ministry of Public Health.
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