Over 29,100 people in the Mekong Delta province of Long An got measles jabs in the two rounds of immunisation campaign from October 16 - 22 at schools and in the community; and from October 27-31 at health stations, topping 72% of the set plan, according to Director of the provincial Department of Health Huynh Minh Phuc.
In Vietnam, social media influence and insufficient sexual education have contributed to an alarming increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents.
From November 1, Bach Mai Hospital officially deployed electronic medical records as a breakthrough step in modernizing the health care process, managing medical records, and improving the quality of medical services of the hospital.
Dozens of children with severe urological birth defects and rare urological conditions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh, Hanoi and Da Nang are receiving free genital surgeries under the ‘Thien Nhan & Friends’ programme – a project that offers child genital reconstruction surgeries in Vietnam.
The information was shared by Prof. Dr. Do Doan Loi, Vice President of the Vietnam Cardiovascular Association, former Director of the National Heart Institute at the Workshop introducing the Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Prevention Program organized by Tokyo Medical University Vietnam and Kusumi Hospital on October 27 in Hung Yen.
Hanoi commenced a measles vaccination campaign at health stations in the districts of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc and Thach That and Son Tay township on October 14.
Among the 34 members of the commission, two Vietnamese representatives are Dr. Ha Anh Duc, Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management, President of the Vietnam Young Physicians Association, and Professor Tran Xuan Bach, Vice President of the Vietnam Young Physicians Association.
On the occasion of World Mental Health Day October 10, Children's Health Magazine has an article introducing mental health, mental health in the workplace and some measures to improve mental health in the workplace.
The Hanoi People’s Committee held a ceremony to inaugurate a pediatric hospital on October 9 on the 70th anniversary of the capital city's liberation.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health will implement digital transformation of student health data from the 2024-2025 school year under the Project "Smart Health for the 2021-2025 period".
According to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC), during the past week (from August 23 to August 30), the city recorded 265 cases of dengue fever, 34 cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and 2 cases of whooping cough.
(SKTE) A study in the UK states that picky eating in children is primarily due to genetic factors rather than parenting style, which somewhat alleviates the "guilt" burden on parents.
Over 2,150,000,000 VND (Two billion one hundred fifty million VND) was allocated to support 1,330 disabled children in the Mekong Delta and provide aid to disabled children affected by Typhoon No. 3.