The Ministry of Health issued a press release about the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week to raise people’s awareness of overuse and misuse of antimicrobials to prevent antimicrobial resistance.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing global concerns in medicine with highly resistant pathogens of many species proving difficult to treat. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Vietnam is one of the countries with the high rate of antibiotic resistance in the world.
According to experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the most effective and practical way to the implementation of palliative care and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is to rely on the public health system.
Facing complex developments of the monkeypox outbreak in the world, the Health Ministry’s Drug Administration has asked pharmaceutical and material producers to increase the import of and proactively develop monkeypox medication.
The General Department of Preventive Medicine (under the Health Ministry) yesterday announced that functional units in the country are carefully monitoring the status of monkeypox to prevent the disease from entering Vietnam, while continuously working with WHO to timely update the status of this disease worldwide, along with responding measures.
The Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on November 18 launched a campaign to raise public awareness on responsible use of antibiotics in Vietnam.
World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Vietnam Dr. Kidong Park has reaffirmed that WHO stands ready to accompany the Government of Vietnam in Covid-19 response as well as provide Vietnamese health workers with professional training and instructions on how to prevent themselves from contracting the coronavirus disease.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam had an online discussion on June 17 with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai, who vowed to work for the early delivery of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility to Vietnam.
Both representatives of the World Health Organization and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hailed Vietnam's effective fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic at the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed Vietnam in dealing with Covid-19. The Vietnamese government has done a good job of operating response system and increasing supervision on infected patients and at-risk people.
Regarding the environment pollution after the Rang Dong Light Source & Vacuum Flask blaze, World Health Organization Representative in Vietnam Dr. Kidong Park yesterday said that more time is needed to keep track on pollution impacts on human health.
In support to the Ministry of Health’s commitment to enhance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and healthcare waste management services, the World Health Organization Representative Office in Vietnam (WHO Vietnam) and Seoul National University (SNU), collaborated with the Vietnam Health Environment Management Agency (VIHEMA) in building a system for rain water harvesting and treatment for drinking in healthcare facilities.
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Office in Vietnam today unveiled the Vietnamese version of a WHO publication.
The Department of Preventive Medicine in Vietnam said that the World Health Organization warned of a dramatic increase in measles infections in nations in the world including Vietnam.
Under the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health July 18 organized the Health Partnership Group (HPG) Consultation meeting on the Draft law for prevention and control of alcohol related harms.
Vietnam is one of the leading countries in the world in implementing the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to Director of the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme Tereza Kasaeva.
