Symposium alerts air pollution’s impact on public health
A symposium in Hanoi on August 20 discussed air pollution in Vietnam and its considerable impact on public health.
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A symposium in Hanoi on August 20 discussed air pollution in Vietnam and its considerable impact on public health.
The Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the AstraZeneca multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, launched the “Healthy Lung” portal in Hanoi on August 16.
The Indonesian Government has warned its citizens against flu as it can lead to fatal complications such as pneumonia, as the government learns that many Indonesian people do not seek medical help until the disease becomes worse.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien announced a set of measures to enhance the quality of health care services at commune-level medical stations during an event on July 16.
At Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, relatives of patients shiver with every gust of wind, even under their thick blankets. The recent chill is making their time as hospital visitors even more difficult.
Vietnam has an increasing incidence of respiratory diseases, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) repeatedly issuing warnings that it is among the most air-polluted countries in the Asia-Pacific region, according to health experts.
Indoor pollutants are one of main causes of chronic respiratory diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, a study has found.
Indonesia’s Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 27 hotspots with risk of forest fire in seven provinces of Sumatra archipelago, according to the Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
The capital city of Hanoi plans to move 117 polluting enterprises from the inner city by 2020, but the blueprint has met a number of obstacles.
Urban citizens, especially children, are being exposed to higher risks of respiratory diseases as air pollution worsens, experts have said.
Children and elderly people were hospitalised in their droves over last weekend in Hanoi as temperatures reached a historic peak.
Diagnoses of occupational diseases are on the rise in Vietnam and several new occupations have been found to cause respiratory diseases and deafness.
The Office of the National Assembly (NA) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany co-organised a workshop in Hanoi on April 25 to seek solutions to air pollution.
An HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) integrated treatment model has continued to be piloted at district and communal clinic centres in 18 provinces with high and medium rate of HIV this year.
Fluctuating temperatures, combined with drizzle and high humidity, have created conditions for an unseasonal influx of pediatric diseases, doctors said.
Abrupt weather changes this year have triggered several disease outbreaks, according to health experts.
Doctors have warned of possible outbreaks of seasonal diseases such as pinkeye, viral fever and respiratory tract infections.
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation on September 12 held a conference to discuss the relation between non-communicable diseases (NCD) and sustainable development of Vietnam.
