In observance of the World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched a media campaign aimed at preventing the use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products to safeguard children and public health.
The Hanoi Eye Hospital and Novartis Vietnam launched the Glaucoma Hybrid Patient Class, a hybrid patient education model combining face-to-face and online platforms, on October 24.
Cambodia’s successful vaccine rollout has saved lives, stabilised the health system, and contributed to the nation’s economic recovery, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on April 10.
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on August 31 that WHO is very pleased that the overall COVID-19 situation is now improving in Cambodia with declining trends in cases and deaths.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on July 22 urged Indonesia to implement a stricter and wider lockdown to combat soaring COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed the World Health Organization (WHO) support and give priority for Vietnam to soon receive the next batches of COVID-19 vaccines as committed under the COVAX Facility during his phone talks with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on June 24.
Seven COVID-19 patients linked to the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ cluster are infected with the variant of coronavirus first reported in India.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,952 within one day to 1,609,300, with the death toll increasing by 143 to 43,567, the Health Ministry said on April 19.
Digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in Malaysia and Singapore are secured by blockchain technology and come with a traceability feature that tells the exact batch of the vaccine vial used for inoculation.
Vietnam is one of the countries enjoying a developed healthcare system in the ASEAN with nearly 90 percent of the population (about 84 million people) enjoying support from medical insurance, according to a report entitled “Power of Self-care in Achieving Health-for-All”.
To prepare for a COVID-19 presence that may be prolonged, Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation or MHESI, has brought together government and private sectors to develop applications and innovations to cope with the crisis.
Israeli medical doctor Raphael Kot has sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and the Ministry of Health, in which he affirms he never said he joins consultations on COVID-19 combat for Vietnam’s agencies, the ministry reported on March 3.
A combination of various public health and preventive medicine specialties should be paid attention to at the domestic and international levels to protect people’s health amid emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases globally, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son told a recent conference at the Pasteur Institute in HCM City.
Indonesia will raise the minimum price of cigarettes by an average of 35 percent from January next year, as part of the country’s efforts to reduce smoking rates.
The World Health Organization has revealed that tobacco kills more than seven million people each year, and 80 percent of them live in low-and middle-income countries.
