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HCM City enhances use of IT disease surveillance
02-01-2018 14:40
HCM City will expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology this year for surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth, throughout the city after successfully piloting it for dengue fever, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre department’s deputy director Nguyễn Hữu Hưng told Việt Nam News.
Vietnam increases capacity to fight disease outbreaks.
26-08-2011 11:51
Today five Vietnamese fellows graduated from Vietnam’s Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) which provides public health workers with the skills necessary to rapidly identify, investigate and respond to disease outbreaks, according to a WTO’s statement in Vietnam.
Man who died from heart disease later found to have COVID-19
14-06-2020 10:15
SINGAPORE: A 44-year-old man who died earlier this week from heart disease had COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (Jun 11).
Regular health check-ups prevent potential disease
16-06-2020 10:00
While a growing Vietnamese economy is rapidly improving the quality of modern life, new risks of diseases continue emerging, threatening our health. Regular health check-ups are recommended by experts to help identify potential diseases and health issues at an early stage.
US ambassador: Vietnam has done an exemplary job against COVID-19 disease
21-04-2020 15:58
Vietnam has done an exemplary job of adopting substantial measures to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 within its borders, US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J.Kritenbrink affirmed to VIR.
Disease control must go in tandem with economic development: PM
26-02-2020 10:03
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 25 highlighted the twin tasks of curbing the spread of COVID-19 and completing socio-economic targets set by the National Assembly.
Vietnam can now produce foot-and-mouth disease vaccine
19-11-2018 17:04
Vietnam has successfully produced the vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Type O, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
900g baby with congenital heart disease survived
29-03-2017 11:57
HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No 1 doctors have successfully performed a congenital heart surgery for a premature baby weighing 900grams, the lightest patient ever to receive the surgery.
Disease kills more than 30 children in remote Myanmar
05-08-2016 14:00
YANGON: An undiagnosed disease has killed more than 30 children in a remote part of Myanmar, officials said Thursday (Aug 4), with health authorities struggling to treat victims.
Ca Mau lacks disease-free shrimp
07-01-2016 11:05
The southernmost province of Ca Mau, the country's largest shrimp breeding area, faces a shortage of disease-free shrimp fries as it awaits completion of new zones for shrimp-fry breeding farms located near quality water sources.
Celebrities in 'Ice Bucket Challenge' to fight disease
20-08-2014 08:50
Steven Spielberg, Justin Bieber and Bill Gates are among many celebrities pouring buckets of ice water over their heads and donating to fight Lou Gehrig's disease, in a fundraising effort that has gone viral.
FAO supports Vietnam to prevent disease on shrimps
25-03-2012 07:59
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has agreed to support Vietnam in implementing an one-year project on controlling the spread of an identified disease on shrimps, which was estimated worth $500,000.
Disease fears grow for Philippine flood survivors
21-12-2011 16:32
Survivors of devastating flash floods in the southern Philippines face growing threats from disease, officials warned on Wednesday, as the toll of dead and missing tops a thousand.
Improving quality of life for rare disease patients in Vietnam
27-12-2021 08:29
Over the past few years, Vietnam has placed more focus on rare diseases and enhanced rare disease capabilities in diagnosis, treatment, and management guidelines for some rare diseases. To advance this progress, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has explored collaborating in public-private partnerships with various stakeholders such as pharmaceutical companies. Katharina Geppert, country manager of Takeda Vietnam, talked with VIR about their contributions to rare diseases in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s disease surveillance system operating efficiently: WHO Representative
28-07-2020 08:42
The recent detection of new local infections of COVID-19 has proved the efficiency of Vietnam’s communicable disease surveillance system, according to WHO Representative in the country Kidong Park.
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