Vaccine suspended for testing

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VietNam News English 6 day(s) ago

The use of a multi-purpose vaccine has been temporarily halted. Director of the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation Nguyen Tran Hien explains the reasons to the Vietnam News Agency.

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Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea lifted after severe allergy cases

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SaiGon GP English 1 week(s) ago

Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea lifted after severe allergy cases

Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea has been lifted off the market after reports of several allergy reactions in children, said Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and head of National Expanded Program on Immunization.

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UNICEF helps promote child care, protection in Lai Chau

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Báo QĐND English 3 week(s) ago 1 duplicate news

UNICEF helps promote child care, protection in Lai Chau

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health in considering the provision of support packages for pregnant women and children in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

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UNICEF helps promote child care, protection in Lai Chau

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VietnamPlus English 3 week(s) ago

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health in considering the provision of support packages for pregnant women and children in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

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Thảm họa nhân đạo lan rộng trên toàn cầu

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Nhân dân English 1 month(s) ago 3 related news

Các thảm họa nhân đạo đang lan rộng tại nhiều khu vực trên thế giới, do thiên tai ngày càng nghiêm trọng và các "điểm nóng" về xung đột vũ trang trên toàn cầu gia tăng khiến số người cần cứu trợ nhân đạo tăng vọt trong những tháng gần đây. Trong khi đó, các quỹ cứu trợ của LHQ lâm cảnh "cháy" ngân sách khi nguồn cung có hạn.

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Infant formula companies blamed for low rate of breastfeeding

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

Infant formula companies blamed for low rate of breastfeeding

Experts are worried that infant-formula companies are contributing to the sharp decline in the rate of breastfeeding.

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Ministry proposes banning health units from selling baby milk

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Ministry proposes banning health units from selling baby milk

With a view to protecting and improving the health of newborns, the Ministry of Health is preparing a decree in which baby formula milk will be prohibited from sale at health facilities, a health official said.

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Austerity putting children at risk: UN

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

The UN warned on Wednesday that austerity measures are hitting children hard, as it published a ranking of kids' well-being in rich countries topped by northern European countries and showing Britain climbing out of the bottom tier.

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MoLISA, UNICEF talk children abandonment

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Hanoi Times English 1 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Viet Nam just jointly held a conference in Ha Noi discussing the root cause behind child abandonment in Viet Nam.

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Ethnic students to benefit from bilingual education

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VietnamNet English 3 month(s) ago

Ethnic students to benefit from bilingual education

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority children taught in both their native language and Vietnamese are more active and confident and fare better in educational settings, found a joint study by the Ministry of Education and Training and UNICEF presented at the organisations’ conference in Ha Noi last Thursday.

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Ministry, UNICEF talk children abandonment

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VietnamPlus English 1 month(s) ago 4 duplicate news

Ministry, UNICEF talk children abandonment

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam jointly held a conference in Hanoi on March 29 discussing the root cause behind child abandonment in Vietnam.

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Kids needing special care to get more help

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

As many as 123 children with special needs have been adopted by foreigners over the past two years under a pilot programme to find families for the kids.

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One-third Vietnamese children suffer malnutrition

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One-third Vietnamese children suffer malnutrition

Around 1,100 Vietnamese children under the age of five die of diarrhea every year and most of them suffer from parasitic infections which result in malnutrition leading to poor mental development, according to delegates at a meeting held to mark World Water Day (March 22).

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UNICEF calls for better water, sanitation

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VietnamPlus English 2 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

UNICEF calls for better water, sanitation

As the world marks the World Water Day (March 22), the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) called on governments, societies and people to pay more attention to children by improving drinking water quality and environmental sanitation.

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First-ever national symposium on autism launched

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

First-ever national symposium on autism launched

Vietnam’s first-ever national symposium and workshop on autism spectrum disorders organized by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES), the U.S. Embassy, the Autism Speaks Organization and UNICEF Vietnam, was launched in the morning of March 12, 2013 in Hanoi.

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