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- Health Ministry concerns about transmitted diseases 25 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
... VietNamNet Bridge - Health minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu has called on ... said that the key is to improve medical services in both quantity and quality through ...
- Corruption rampant in Vietnamese health industry 21 Nov 2009 22:34 GMT
... Up to 70 percent of health workers in Vietnam are involved in ethically-questionable medical practices and nine percent of them take bribes during patients’ treatment, UNDP policy advisor ...
- International SOS helps boost Vietnam's health development 24 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... Successful operation of International SOS, a medical service provider, has contributed to the socio-economic ... to the socio-economic and healthcare development in Vietnam, said a health official. Speaking at a meeting to review ...
- Diarrhea and pneumonia are biggest child killers, but world is focused on AIDS and malaria 19 Nov 2009 19:57 GMT
... HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor ... each a year globally — more than HIV and malaria combined. "They have been neglected, ... Global spending on maternal, newborn and child health was about $3.5 billion in 2006, according to ...
- More kids die from pneumonia, not AIDS or malaria 20 Nov 2009 17:35 GMT
... HANOI, Vietnam — Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does ... each a year globally — more than HIV and malaria combined. "They have been neglected, ... Global spending on maternal, newborn and child health was about $3.5 billion in 2006, according to ...
- WHO To Provide H1N1 Vaccine To Vietnam Next Month 26 Nov 2009 03:21 GMT
... WHO To Provide H1N1 Vaccine To Vietnam Next Month HANOI, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) is committed to provide Vietnam with ... citing Director of the Health Ministry's Preventive Medicine and Environment Department Dr Nguyen Huy Nga ...
- 800,000 pregnant women to be vaccinated against H1N1 25 Nov 2009 12:10 GMT
... of pregnancy), people with chronic diseases and medical workers involved in flu control programmes will ... in flu control programmes will be vaccinated. Vietnam will also be provided with 10 million ... A/H1N1 vaccine next year. The Ministry of Health says that the rate A/H1N1 infection has ...
- Religious followers help to fight HIV/AIDS 24 Nov 2009 03:42 GMT
... States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Vietnam Central Women’s Union and the Vietnam Fatherland Front ... additional of 2.5 people are infected by HIV, while about 2 million die of the fatal disease. In Vietnam, by October 2009, 155,700 people ...
- Vietnam Internet users fear Facebook blackout 17 Nov 2009 12:54 GMT
... steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their ... 83 percent of Internet users search for health information online, according to a recent survey ... her when she initially refused, Sanchez said. Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that ...
- Less swine flu, but cases more serious 20 Nov 2009 05:14 GMT
... no mutation of A/H1N1 flu virus in Vietnam. Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases director Nguyen Van Kinh said swine flu ... District, Binh Phuoc Province, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The woman, a newly confined ...
- Letters: Caseload too much, funding too little for veterans health care 23 Nov 2009 06:59 GMT
... too much, funding too little for veterans health care I am writing to comment about ... I am a disabled veteran of the Vietnam era. Here are my recent experiences with ... with the VA health care system. VA medical care is excellent, when you can get ...
- In Brief: Officials discuss animal health 17 Nov 2009 08:49 GMT
... to conclude a two-day meeting with its Vietnamese counterpart on animal health. Titled “Second bilateral meeting on animal health ... on animal health development, trade practices and disease control. Kao Phal, director of the ministry’s ...
- H1N1 flu mutation in China 26 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. Zhong Nanshan, director of the ... rate must be really transparent." The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that H5N1 had ... in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, posing once again a threat to humans. ...
- WHO investigates cases of H1N1 drug resistance in U.S., Britain 26 Nov 2009 05:37 GMT
... spokesman for the organization said Tuesday, "Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said five cases have ... director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases in China's southern Guangdong province, said the ... in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, posing once again a threat to humans" ...
- China expert warns of pandemic flu mutation 25 Nov 2009 10:20 GMT
... endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. Zhong Nanshan, director of the ... rate must be really transparent." The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that H5N1 had ... in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, posing once again a threat to humans. ...
- Kaiser docs help students improve cultural health awareness: Valley High School health program reaches out to ethnic communities 23 Nov 2009 06:52 GMT
... for heart disease — and that’s the health issue Chinese families in south Sacramento worry about ... help their own communities better understand Western medicine. The program was started last year by ... group is targeting diabetes; Hmong students, hypertension; Vietnamese students, obesity; and a group of Hispanic ...
- If H1N1 joins bird flu, global pandemic may be much worse 22 Nov 2009 00:12 GMT
... But the prospect is so chilling that health officials have been warning about it since ... flu is well established, particularly Egypt and Vietnam. As a correspondent, I tracked bird flu ... of our brittle, underfunded system for emergency medical care. But swine flu is not merely ...
- Ministry Sounds Alarm Bells On Transmitted Diseases 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
... Transmitted Diseases HANOI, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu has called on all medical services in the 31 northern provinces and ... wake of the increase in transmitted diseases, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Tuesday. Trieu told ...
- Bound for Homeland or Hometown? Figure the Flu Into Holiday Travel 25 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
... H1N1 compared to a year ago. Some medical professionals have attributed the apparent increase to ... Los Angeles in recent weeks, and public health officials continue efforts to warn locals about ... Chinese, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Russian, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Jerry Sullivan is editor of the L.A. ...
- Untreated hospital waste overflowing in Vietnam 25 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
... recorded very high level... Harare - The health of Zimbabwe's children and women, particularly in the ... state. But... Beijing - The rate of HIV infection has risen among women and gay ... in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Manila-based WHO Western Pacific Office said ...
- All Ferrets Given Baxter Alleged Swine Flu Shot Died 18 Nov 2009 23:35 GMT
... program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases [1] Date: Wed 25 Feb 2009 Source: CHealth, Canadian Press report [edited] Officials are trying ... Austria: RFI). The H5N1 strain was the A/Vietnam/1203/2004 strain, received from a WHO reference centre. ...
- Vietnam's HIV/AIDS prevention efforts praised 26 Nov 2009 04:37 GMT
... Vietnam has well-controlled the spread of HIV/AIDS among drug users and raised public awareness of reducing ... to promote concerted efforts in preventing the disease. Deputy PM Trong, who is also Chairman ...
- Big pharma offer H1N1 vaccines at US$6.5-10 a dose 20 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
... offered to sell swine flu vaccines to Vietnam at US$6.5-10 per dose. Truong Quoc Cuong, ... to 1.2 million sponsored by the World Health Organization, which is expected to arrive next ... based National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, told a meeting that the number of ...
- Hong Kong authorities issue health warning as smog blankets city 25 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
... Hanoi - Health experts Wednesday were troubled by news that Ho ... state. But... Beijing - The rate of HIV infection has risen among women and gay ... in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Manila-based WHO Western Pacific Office said ...
- GAVI's impact on vaccine market is bringing down prices 18 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
... the unprecedented progress was announced in Hanoi, Vietnam just before the GAVI Partners' Forum, which ... all over the world including ministers of health, donors, civil society and industry representatives, researchers ... immunisation because it delivers protection against five diseases: Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, pertussis, ...
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