The Cambodian government has demanded local authorities along border provinces to step up efforts in monitoring and preventing the import of monkeypox (mpox) and other viral diseases such as H5N1 bird flu and anthrax.
In order to help the community better understand the role of science in improving health, a group of scientists has been talking about how research led them to develop a new way which may help improve resistance to cancer.
More than 70 scientists and researchers from 17 countries around the world discussed infectious diseases as part of the MIDSEA Summer School, Workshop and Symposium in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on June 24.
Vietnam is at elevated risks from infectious diseases, given its location in the hot and humid tropical monsoon region as well as the increasing rate of trade and travel.
The Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine on January 16 asked localities nationwide to keep a close watch on the disease situation in the face of complex developments of infectious diseases, especially respiratory ones, around the world.
Several healthcare issues were under focus at the discussion on socio-economic development at the National Assembly on November 1, part of the ongoing sixth session of the 15th legislature.
The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) on August 17 officially put into operation a serum bank that aims to provide a toolkit to assess the burden of infectious disease in the community and guide medical decisions in public healthcare centres in the future.
The Ministry of Health has sent a dispatch to authorities of centrally-run cities and provinces requesting active response to COVID-19 as the number of new infected cases globally surged by 80% last month.
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has said that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh would chair a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control this weekend to deliberate the downgrading of COVID-19 from its current placement in Class A infectious diseases down to Class B.
More than 371,000 dengue fever cases and 144 deaths were documented in Vietnam last year. The number of infections and deaths increased by more than five times compared to 2021.
The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City ad Sanofi Vietnam have signed a partnership agreement to implement a training strategy entitled “Vaccinology and Life-course Immunisation” for healthcare professionals in Vietnam from 2023 to 2025.
An international training workshop organised by Military Central Hospital 108 in collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) themed "Emerging and re-emerging viral diseases" was opened in Hanoi on September 20.
As the new school year starts the risk of children catching and spreading infectious has also increased, leading to authorities and healthcare officials to call for action.
The Philippines recorded 102,619 dengue fever cases in the first seven months of 2022, surging 131% from a year earlier, its Health Department said August 15.
US Vice President Kamala Harris launched the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi at a ceremony on August 25 during her three-day visit to the country.
The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has just released the newest Public Service Announcement (PSA), Safer with Science, which drives home the fact that Vietnam is moving towards a future that chooses modern medicine over wildlife products.
Thailand kicked off its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on February 28, with cabinet ministers, health officials and medical professionals among the first in the queue to receive vaccinations.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 29 decided to establish seven working groups to address post-flooding environmental issues, promote disease prevention, and offer nutrition consultation to seven central provinces which were hit by recent storms and floods.
