Ministry to get tougher on immunisation malpractice

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VietNam News English 3 day(s) ago

Ministry to get tougher on immunisation malpractice

A child in southern Binh Duong Province is vaccinated. Health departments in localities have been asked to tighten immunisation services management after several violations were discovered. — VNA/VNS Photo Duong Ngoc

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Expired vaccines given to children

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VietnamNet English 5 day(s) ago 2 related news

VietNamNet Bridge – At least three children have been vaccinated against measles, rubella and mumps with expired Trivivac vaccines in central Phu Yen Province's Tuy Hoa City.

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Expired vaccines given to children

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At least three children have been vaccinated against measles, rubella and mumps with expired Trivivac vaccines in central Phu Yen Province's Tuy Hoa City.

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Hanoi authorities lay off nurse for pilfering vaccines

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Hanoi authorities lay off nurse for pilfering vaccines

The Center for Preventive Medicine has laid off a nurse who was accused of pilfering vaccines which then resulted in shortage of dosage for young infected patients, said the director of Hanoi Department of Health.

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Health worker dismissed

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

A health worker from a clinic run by the Ha Noi Centre for Preventive Medicine was dismissed for retaining half a vaccine shot while injecting a baby last month.

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Health sector faces a workforce crisis

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

Health sector faces a workforce crisis

VietNamNet Bridge - The gap in the level of expertise among physicians is increasingly widening, breaking the structure of the current health care system in Vietnam, which is divided by levels.

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WHO official calls for joint efforts to combat bird flu

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WHO official calls for joint efforts to combat bird flu

Head representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam Takeshi Kasai has urged the country to enhance inter-sectoral coordination, especially between medical and veterinary sectors, in the fight against animal-to-human epidemics.

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WHO official urges inter-sectoral links against bird flu

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WHO official urges inter-sectoral links against bird flu

Head representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam Takeshi Kasai has urged the country to enhance inter-sectoral coordination, especially between medical and veterinary sectors in the fight against animal-to-human epidemics.

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H7N9 virus not found in Vietnam

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VietnamPlus English 2 week(s) ago

No cases of avian influenza H7N9 have been recorded in humans or poultry in Vietnam, a health official has said.

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Vietnam metro records its first H1N1 fatality this year

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

A 72-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City has died of influenza A subtype H1N1, also known as swine flu, becoming the city’s first fatality from the virus, and the fourth in Vietnam, so far this year.

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H5N1 outbreak put under control in Can Tho

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H5N1 outbreak put under control in Can Tho

An outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in O Mon district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, has been put under control by the district’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

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VN reports 300,000 flu infection cases

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VN reports 300,000 flu infection cases

VGP – Over 300,000 people got infected with influenza virus in the first three months of 2013, according to Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.

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H5N1 outbreak put under control in Can Tho

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VietnamPlus English 3 week(s) ago 1 related news

An outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in O Mon district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho , has been put under control by the district’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

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VN reports 300,000 A/H1N1 infection cases

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago 1 duplicate news

VN reports 300,000 A/H1N1 infection cases

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 300,000 people got infected with influenza virus in the first three months of 2013, according to Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.

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H1N1 can combine with other viruses: experts

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Influenza A (H1N1) has spread widely in Vietnam and worried health experts warn of the possibility that it can combine with other type of dangerous flu viruses and become a greater threat.

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