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Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, announced its collaboration with Yonah, a project initiated by the alumni and students of National University of Singapore (NUS) that seeks to overcome barriers to accessing healthcare in rural regions through autonomous technologies. The project was inspired by the founding team’s trip to Papua New Guinea in 2016, where they discovered cargo logistics challenges caused by the difficult terrain and lack of road infrastructure. This also inhibited the transport of medical supplies to rural villages, causing a surge in prices for transportation and hindering supervisory medical visits by health community workers. Yonah was thus founded to help time-sensitive medical supplies reach the communities that need them. “From our hospital partner at Papua New Guinea, we learned that health workers conducting immunisation patrols at the various rural health centres have to travel 20 to 30 kilometres on foot, taking up to … [Read more...] about Bosch partners Yonah to clear healthcare barriers in Papua New Guinea

Private enterprises are looking to switch to greener alternatives in increasing numbers, Photo: Le Toan Albert T. Lieberg, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Vietnam, said that Vietnam is among the top five countries responsible for the estimated 13 million tonnes of plastic dumped into oceans every year. In Vietnam, single-use plastics are widespread and waste management capacity is limited. Both factors have taken their toll on the environment, and led to a decline in public health. “It is estimated that 1.8 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated in Vietnam every year, and plastic consumption is increasing 16-18 per cent annually,” said Lieberg at a recent Ho Chi Minh City conference on the issue. “Meanwhile, waste management and recycling facilities, and relevant policies are not in place to sufficiently respond to increasing needs. One major concern is a lack of a system for waste segregation at … [Read more...] about Public-private interplay to cut plastics

Zuellig Pharma Vietnam introduces the eZCooler technology The company has started providing training and instruction of using eZCooler – an innovative solution in packaging and cold storage – to medical staff in six northern provinces. On December 2, the first training session was held by the National Institute for Control of Vaccine and Biologicals in collaboration with Zuellig Pharma Vietnam in Bac Ninh province, with the participation of 40 medical staff from local preventive medicine centres. In this training, Zuellig Pharma’s experts introduced the benefits of implementing eZCooler instead of traditional Styrofoam boxes and the proper use of eZCooler, including how to arrange vaccines correctly, setting and maintaining cold temperatures from 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, handling vaccines during transportation in different settings, especially in remote and rural areas that are far away from communal healthcare centres, as well as refrigerating vaccines in eZcooler … [Read more...] about Zuellig Pharma provides eZCooler training for Vietnam medical staff

Minister of Health and hospitals signed several commitments The event, which attracted the participation of ministries, leaders of cities and provinces, and businesses, as well as representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), shows strong determination to cut the volume of plastic waste in the healthcare sector in the months to come. “Plastic is a multifunctional material, and is light, durable, and has a reasonable price. It is popularly used in various fields and sectors, including healthcare. However, plastic waste has become a global environmental pollutant because of its duration and difficulties in decomposition, seriously affecting the environment and people’s health,” said Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien. “The country now has more than 13,000 health facilities with around 150 million inpatients and 450 million outpatients annually. Thus, the volume of plastic waste is huge,” she added. At the conference, a number of … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s healthcare sector acts to reduce plastic waste

  Vietnamese players celebrate the only goal in their 1-0 win over Thailand in the final of the SEA Games women's football tournament. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Substitute Phạm Hải Yến scored the most important goal of her career helping Việt Nam win the 30th Southeast Asian Games on Sunday in the Philippines. Yến, who came from the bench in the second half, headed straight to the net from a close range in a match that saw Việt Nam beat arch-rival Thailand 1-0 to be lift the gold medal at the biennial tournament. There was little between the two sides, with both registering the same amount of shots, nine in total each with six on target. Thailand thought they had taken the lead not long after the break but Taneekarn Dangda had strayed into an offside position before heading home. For Việt Nam, Nguyễn Thị Vạn struck the crossbar and on 76th minutes, Cù … [Read more...] about Việt Nam beat Thailand 1-0 to defend SEA Games title