A meeting was held in Tam Ky city, the central province of Quang Nam to respond to the World Rabies Day 2015 (September 28).
The event, held by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the provincial People’s Committee, was attended by representatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam, ministries and sectors and the provincial authorities
According to WHO, rabies is one of the world’s oldest animal diseases which causes the deaths of over 50,000 people annually.
WHO recommended that people, who are bitten by pets, need to be vaccinated as soon as possible to protect them against rabies.
Vietnam has recorded 50 deaths from rabies so far this year,
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, the number of fatalities caused by rabies last year was 66 nationwide, the lowest for the last 10 years.
Last year, more than 399,000 people had vaccinations after being bitten by dogs suspected of being rabid, an increase of 11 percent over 2013.
According to experts, vaccination of dogs can effectively eliminate rabies. Vietnam has about 10 million dogs, and at least 70 percent of them must be fully vaccinated.
The meeting presents a message on the need to raise public awareness of the danger of the disease and precautionary measures.
Vietnam is striving to become one of the leadꦆing ASEAN countries in complet♋ely eliminating rabies by 2020.-VNA
The Son La provincial People’s Committee collaborated with the country’s ministries for health and rural development on September 29 to hold a meeting for World Rabies Day 2013.
Rabies is one of the world’s oldest animal diseases which causes the deaths of 55,000-60,000 people annually, mostly in Asia and Africa, heard a September 27 meeting in northern Hoa Binh province in response to the World Rabies Day 2014 (September 28).
The number of fatalities caused by rabies last year was 66 nationwide, the lowest for the last 10 years, the Department of Preventive Medicine has reported.
Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the quality of vaccines under the national programme on immunisation.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
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All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
The project aimed to enable early detection and reduce the risk of dangerous complications, targeting patients with chronic diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and metabolic disorders.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
