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These patients receiving intensive care at the the province's General Hospital in different rooms to avoid cross-transmission. The local health authority also asked to enhance surveillance on flu prevention by increasing information of the disease to residents. People are advised to eat cooked food and boiled water to keep fit. At present, the outbreak of the flu in the province is under control. Before, a mission team of Pasteur Institute led by President Phan Trong Lan arrived in the General Hospital in Can Tho City to check flu and respiratory disease prevention. The team warned medical workers should be vaccinated first before contacting patients, especially with chornic patients. By STAFF WRITERS - Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Vinh Long province enhances surveillance A/H1N1 flu pateur Institute … [Read more...] about Vinh Long Province enhances surveillance on A/H1N1 flu

Thanks to the organs of these brain-dead people, 16 patients are now saved, including 8 cases of kidney transplant, 4 cases of liver transplant, and 4 cases of heart transplant. In general, in the first six months, there have been 5 brain-dead people donating their organs. That medical bodies widely promote the goodness of organ donation via official media has greatly increased people’s awareness of this action. However, in reality, the largest barrier comes from the low awareness of the general public of organ donation. In Viet Duc University Hospital only, there are around 4 – 6 brain-dead people per day due to traffic accidents. Yet, in the last 10 years, only 40 cases had donated their organs. If one brain-dead person donates the organs, two kidneys, two livers, two lungs, one heart, two corneas, tendon, muscle, and cardiac valves could all be used. Until now, Viet Duc University Hospital has performed 590 cases of kidney transplant, 53 cases of liver transplant, and … [Read more...] about Many brain-dead people donate organs

A medical worker prepares to administer vaccine to a baby in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is promoting hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in mountainous and remote areas where the customs of giving birth at home still challenges immunization efforts. In the first three months of 2018, vaccination coverage was expanded on schedule. The rate of babies getting hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth reached 16.9 percent, compared to 16.2 percent in the same period of 2017.  Meanwhile, the immunization rates of tuberculosis vaccine (BCG), polio vaccine (OPV), and combined DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) have also been higher from a year earlier, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) under the Ministry of Health. NIHE Deputy Director Duong Thi Hong said the vaccination coverage has surpassed 95 percent … [Read more...] about Vietnam boosts hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in remote areas

The drug is withdrawn because it cannot meet the quality requirement on the criterion of lipopolysaccharide in the solvent. The Drug Administration of Vietnam requested that Vinphaco cooperates with its distributors to send notice to all wholesalers, retailers, and users nationwide of the mentioned drug about the withdrawal. The batch of below-standard injection must be immediately taken back, and proper reports on the task as well as proofs of this activity must be prepared. The Departments of Health in Hanoi and Vinh Phuc Province are asked to monitor Vinphaco when carrying out this task in accordance with related regulations. Other departments of Health in provinces and cities also need to issue notice to all pharmaceutical businesses and users about the drug withdrawal. Vintrypsine injection is normally used to reduce inflammation of soft tissue due to abscess or injuries. It is also used to decrease respiratory secretions for patients of asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, and other … [Read more...] about Vintrypsine injection with bacteria poison withdrawn

This action is to increase the immune system of babies against measles. At the moment, the mentioned research has been given to the Research Council of the Ministry of Health to evaluate. It is expected that in the fourth quarter of 2018, 6-month-old babies will begin to receive measles vaccine. In reality, many babies under 9 months old have been suffered from measles due to their mother’s low immune system and the inability to pass it to children. Therefore, it is high time that the government reduced the age of measles vaccine injection while encouraging women of reproductive age to vaccinate properly. Simultaneously, related agencies should deliver wide-scale measles vaccination to highly potential subjects so that this disease can be eliminated in the nation in 2020. The Ministry of Health is going to launch a campaign to give measles- rubella vaccine to children from 1 to 4 years old in 17 provinces that have high potential of the disease. According to the representative … [Read more...] about 6-month-old babies to have measles vaccine from 4th quarter of 2018