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Health sector has plans to eradicate measles by 2012
Viet Nam plans to eliminate measles by 2012 with two injections for children between the ages of one and six, with supplemental vaccinations for high risk groups and areas. -
PM to revamp school healthcare
Viet Nam is determined to reduce the rate of students catching diseases at educational institutions nationwide. -
Health sector has plans to eradicate measles by 2012
Viet Nam plans to eliminate measles by 2012 with two injections for children between the ages of one and six, with supplemental vaccinations for high risk groups and areas. -
ADB loan to improve VN food safety
A US$95 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be used to improve the safety, quality and quantity of Viet Nam’s commercial food crops, and provide alternative and clean energy supply to households through biogas development. -
Health and lifestyle TV channel makes its debut
The Vietnam Television in co-ordination with the Ministry of Public Health and the S-Media Company on August 6 launched a new subscription television channel - the first ever health and lifestyle channel in Vietnam. -
Plastic surgeon’s 40-year legacy lives on
Emily Barksy saw tears in the eyes of one of the nurses who met her and her father when they visited Ho Chi Minh City-based National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology (NHO) 10 days ago. -
Free HIV/AIDS treatment clinic opens in Hai Phong
A clinic dedicated to providing free HIV/AIDS consultancy and treatment has been inaugurated in Hai An district of northern port city of Hai Phong. -
State leader calls for more care to children with HIV/AIDS
The Vice State President has requested the Ministry of Health continue expanding the provision of health insurance to children living with HIV/AIDS at a time when the rate of HIV child carriers in the country is on the rise. -
Vaccination programme improves children’s health
The expanded programme of immunisation (EPI), which has covered up to 95 percent of the nation’s under-five children, has contributed greatly to reducing by half the infant and under-five mortality rates. -
Vietnam makes impressive progress in child care
Vietnam made impressive results in improving health care for children over the past two decades, said international experts.
