The Ministry of Health announced the National Expanded Immunization Program will provide vaccine supplement on around 1 million children aged seven in 35 cities and provinces from now to end of 2020 as a proactive measure against diphtheria.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Vietnam Vaccine Corporation (VNVC) yesterday opened VNVC Can Tho Vaccination Center at 576 in 30/4 Street in Ninh Kieu District in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho.
The National Expanded Immunization Program (NEIP) yesterday announced there is a decline of children who have been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenza type B.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health yesterday started to inject combined DTP-HBV-HIB vaccine in the national expanded immunization program in the northern province of Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh and the Mekong delta province of Ben Tre.
The year-end review highlights in Vietnam’s education sector and health care sector were selected by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health.
Vietnamese Ministry of Health yesterday affirmed sub-standard vaccine produced by Chinese vaccine maker Changsheng Bio-technology has not permitted to circulate in the country so far.