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Vietnam attends 44th Int’l Committee of Military Medicine Congress

Vietnam is among the 66 military medical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels for the 44th International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) World Congress held from September 5 – 9.
Vietnam attends 44th Int’l Committee of Military Medicine Congress ảnh 1Colonel Nguyen Van Giang (centre), Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Medicine, is in Brussels for the 44th International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) World Congress. (Photo: VNA)
Brussels (VNA) – Vietnam is among the 66 militarymedical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels for the 44th International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) World Congress held fromSeptember 5 – 9.

The event marks the ICMM’s 100th anniversary, the celebrations of which were postponed last year because of COVID-19.

This event provides Vietnam with an opportunity to share itsexperience in the field, said Colonel Nguyen Van Giang, Deputy Directorof the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Medicine, who ledthe Vietnamese delegation.

It is focusing its discussions on the global pressing issues,such as fighting epidemics, particularly COVID-19; future trends in surgery; battlefieldemergency care; infection control; nursing; and shock resuscitation, he said.

One of the presentations sparking interest at this year’sevent came from Belgium’s Queen Astrid Military Hospital. It introduced the “phagetherapy” which uses bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. It isexpected to be an alternative to antibiotics when bacteria develop resistance.

The new method can help combat the rise of antibioticresistance which is now viewed as a major global public health issue, said GeneralPierre Neirinckx, Deputy Secretary General of the ICMM.

Founded in Brussels in 1921, the ICMM now has 119 militarymedical units from different countries and territories worldwide./.
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