More five-in-one vaccine added into EPI
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology announced one more five-in-one vaccine was added into the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in May.
Supply shortage of Quinvaxem results in kids not being fully immunized
Many medical clinics in Ho Chi Minh City run out of children's five-in-one vaccine Quinvaxem against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenza type B in the National Expanded Immunization Program whereas the replacing vaccine ComBe Five has not been supplied yet.
New vaccines to be introduced in Vietnam this May
The Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology held a media press on April 16 to announce the official use of new vaccines in the 2018 National Expanded Immunization Program. These new vaccines to be applied nationwide from May 2018 include made-in-Vietnam MR-Vac Vaccine for measles-rubella, made-in-France IPV Vaccine for polio, and made-in-India ComBe Five Vaccine to replace the current 5-in-1 Quinvaxem.
New vaccine replaces Quinvaxem
The Ministry of Health yesterday officially announced the addition of a new vaccine into the National Expand Immunization Program and hiatus of five-in-one Quinvaxem vaccine.