Health

Dengue fever cases increase in Hanoi

The capital city of Hanoi has been increasing its efforts to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The capital city of Hanoi has been increasing its efforts to prevent the spread of dengue fever.

Head of the Preventive Healthcare Department Dr Tran Dac Phu said 362cases of dengue fever have been reported in the city since early thisyear, three times more than in the same period last year, with most ofthe cases reported in the districts of Ha Dong, Hai Ba Trung and ThanhTri.

The municipal authority has asked localities and relevantoffices to cooperate with the health care sector to take measures toprevent the spread of the disease, such as cleaning the livingenvironment, spraying mosquito repellents, and asking people to usemosquito nets while sleeping.

The health care sector should closely monitor the situation for quick detection of infections.

In Ha Dong District, where the epidemic is spreading, the localauthority and people have been taking preventive action. The disease isreportedly under control.

However, local health care workers said the risk of a new wave of the disease is still high.

The main reason for the situation is the low awareness of the people about the epidemic, Vu Van Len, a doctor, said./.
Follow VietnamPlus

See more

Up to 95% of children aged 1-5 living in the city are expected to be vaccinated against measles and rubella this year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi begins measles vaccination campaign

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.

The working session on vaccine manufacturing cooperation with Sanofi on October 8.(Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, French firms partner in vaccine production

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) and Sanofi on October 8 signed a document guiding the cooperation in manufacturing some vaccines of the French pharmaceutical group in the Southeast Asian country.

Providing free health check-ups and medicine to workers. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, IOM foster cooperation in improving migrants’ health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on September 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening cooperation in enhancing the health and quality of life of migrants, and supporting them in accessing national health systems and policies.

Doctor Jacques Ballout and a Vietnamese apprentice doctor. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese doctors impress French colleagues

Industriousness, enthusiasm, and smartness are the impressions that French doctors have had of their colleagues from the Vietnam – Sweden hospital in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city, who are working at the Pierre Bérégovoy hospital, Nevers city of Nièvre province, under an apprenticeship programme.

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi tightens control, prevention of monkeypox

The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.

A doctor gives a dental check-up to a child at the September 7 event in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese in Czech Republic join hands for community health

The network of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts, the Vietnamese youths and students association, and the group of Vietnamese doctors and physicians in the Czech Republic have coordinated to offer free health check-ups and consultancy to the Vietnamese community in the country.