Expanded immunisation helps cut down child morality
Vietnam’s National Expanded Programme on Immunisation since its launch in 1985 has greatly contributed to reducing the rate of catching diseases, ending polio, and controlling many infectious diseases
A child is given an injection in the national extended programme on immunisation. (Source: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – Vietnam’s National Expanded Programme on Immunisation since its launch in 1985 has greatly contributed to reducing the rate of catching diseases, ending polio, and controlling many infectious diseases as well as cutting down the mortality rate among children.
The the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) gave the assessment a t a conference on popularising risks in the expanded immunisation held in Da Nang on June 10 for media agencies in 15 provinces and cities in the Central and Central Highlands regions.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Cuong from the Office of National Expanded Immunisation under the NIHE , the e expanded i mmunisation rate in mountainous and remote areas remains low, with the hepatitis B vaccination rate for babies within 24 hours after birth reaching only 69.8 percent in 2015.
The main reason behind this situation was the presence of some strong reactions after immunisation, causing panic among mothers, he said, adding the fact that mothers waited for pay vaccines left children not being vaccinated on schedule with enough shots, increasing risk of catching diseases like rubella and whooping cough.
From that reality, provinces and cities need to step up communication campaigns to improve awareness of the public, especially those in remote and disadvantaged areas.
Figures show that in 2015, diphtheria and whooping cough cases decreased 410-fold and 281-fold, respectively, against 1984, while those suffering from measles dropped 502-fold against 1984 and 66.4-fold against 2014.
Thanks to vaccination, polio was put under control with the last patient recorded in 1997. Vietnam was recognised by the World Health Organisation as a country free from polio in 2000.
Last year, the expanded ♒immunisation achieved many positive results, with the full immunisation rate for children aged under one reaching 97.2 percent, tetanus vaccinations for pregnant women 92.9 percent.
Vaccinations against measles-rubella for children aged from 1-14 hit 98.2 percent nationwide.-VNA
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced several new vaccines in the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation in an effort to improve the efficiency of disease prevention.
Vietnam is prioritising vaccinations in remote, mountainous and disadvantaged areas in order to equalise the immunisation rate among regions across the nation.
About 2 million children (91.1 percent) aged 1-5, nationwide have received two doses of vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE) since the vaccine began to be provided on a monthly basis.
The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development has directed localities nationwide to strengthen measures to effectively prevent the occurrence and spread of rabies this summer.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
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All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
The project aimed to enable early detection and reduce the risk of dangerous complications, targeting patients with chronic diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and metabolic disorders.
A 2023 report by the Vietnam Health Economics Association estimated that the total cost of tobacco-related healthcare and economic losses reached 108 trillion VND (4.14 billion USD) annually – equivalent to 1.14% of GDP and five times higher than the budget revenue generated by the tobacco industry.
All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A child is given an injection in the national extended programme on immunisation. (Source: VNA)
