In yesterday's talk with the media about the supply of Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations for people, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long revealed a scarcity of Covid-19 vaccines.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son, Head of the Special Standing Division of the Ministry of Health in Ho Chi Minh City, called on all healthcare workers, including medical students and retired doctors and nurses, to join hands in the country's fight against coronavirus in Ho Chi Minh City on July 24.
In his dispatch to heads of people’s committees and departments of health in cities and provinces, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long directed to strictly handle vaccination.
International cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and issues related to vaccines were discussed during Wednesday's meetings between Vietnamese health minister Nguyen Thanh Long and Chinese, Indian and Russian ambassadors.
At a virtual meeting about safety measures against Covid-19 in medical facilities on March 26, Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long expressed his fear of the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections as the coronavirus pandemic develops complicated in neighboring countries.
As the central highlands provinces have recorded 66 cases of diphtheria, the Ministry of Health planned to provide 11 million doses of vaccines against diphtheria for the region.
Member of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and Chairman of its Committee for Legal Affairs Nguyen Khac Dinh and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien were relieved from their posts to assume new duties on November 22.
Health care-associated infections are a leading cause threatening inpatients’ safety, said Health Minister Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Tien at a yesterday conference about controlling hospital-acquired infections in hospitals’ Anesthesiology unit and Intensive care unit.
At the opening ceremony of Hospital Management Asia meeting yesterday in Hanoi, Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said the Vietnamese Government has been building action plan to improve the health sector in all fields.
Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien advised parents to take their kids to nearby medical clinics for immunization because the rate of vaccination incident is low.
Since hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in the Mekong delta develops complicatedly, at a meeting with Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien yesterday, Can Tho City asked to have one more prevention plan.
People should increase their awareness of non-communicable diseases to reduce impacts of its risk factors, said Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien at the meeting on non-communicable diseases held by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization yesterday in Hanoi.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 25th Vietnam International Exhibitions on Products, Equipment, Supplies for Pharmaceutical, Medical, Hospital and Rehabilitation – Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2018, Vietnamese Health Minister expected that domestic and international businesses to exchange information in medical equipment, hospital and health services.