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Launching “Know your number” campaign

May 18, 2012
Launching “Know your number” campaign

DA NANG – The “Know Your Number” Campaign, part of a larger social marketing initiative implemented by the Population Services International (PSI)/Vietnam to address the high rates of undiagnosed hypertension among adult men and women over the age of forty (40), will be launched at 29/3 Park, Da Nang at 5.30pm, May 16, 2012. With [...]

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Bird flu virus kills teen farmer in Vietnam 

January 22, 2012
Bird flu virus kills teen farmer in Vietnam 

  A teenage duck farmer in southern Vietnam has been killed by the bird flu virus this month, a doctor said at a meeting with Ho Chi Minh City Health Department Wednesday. Le Van N. of Hau Giang Province in the Mekong Delta was hospitalized January 10 with high fever and fatigue but died a day [...]

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30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

January 20, 2012
30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

  Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]

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World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

January 18, 2012
World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

  Nguyen Viet Anh, 5, before (L) and 110 days after getting a bone marrow transplant to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB) at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi Vietnam has become only the second country in the world to successfully use stem cell transplant to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an inherited connective tissue disease [...]

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Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

January 17, 2012
Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

A patient at the Vietnam Central Tropical Diseases Hospital with a contagious brain inflammation condition. A patient in northern Vietnam was Friday confirmed to have a contagious brain inflammation that could be fatal. At least five such cases have been reported in Ho Chi Minh City since December last year. The 21-year-old woman, identified as T.T.T., tested [...]

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Vietnam women with massive tumors to undergo more surgery 

January 16, 2012
Vietnam women with massive tumors to undergo more surgery 

Kieu Thi My Dung, 22, at Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital after a seven-hour operation on January 6. Two Vietnamese women who had massive tumors removed by a renowned US surgeon early this month will go under the knife again as they are recovering well, a local hospital said Saturday. According to the [...]

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Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

January 16, 2012
Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

A patient with fatal brain inflammation in HCMC   Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have warned of the outbreak of a fatal type of encephalitis that has affected five co-workers. The disease was caused by Neisseria, a large genus of commensal bacteria that colonize in the mucosal surfaces of many animals, and quickly kill the [...]

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Vietnamese man stable after giant tumor removed 

January 14, 2012
Vietnamese man stable after giant tumor removed 

Nguyen Duy Hai at FV Hospital after his 82-kilo tumor was remove. The man whose 82-kilo tumor was removed last week is now stable, doctors at FV Hospital said. Nguyen Duy Hai was moved out of his intensive care room on Wednesday afternoon, six days after the headline-grabbing operation led by renown US plastic surgeon [...]

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Vietnam women with massive tumors recover after surgeries 

January 14, 2012
Vietnam women with massive tumors recover after surgeries 

Kieu Thi My Dung, 22, at Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital after a seven-hour operation on January 6. Two Vietnamese women who had their massive tumors removed in high-profile surgeries last week are doing well, the news website of Vietnam Media Corp. quoted local doctors as saying Monday. Dr. Tran Quyet Tien, vice [...]

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Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

January 9, 2012
Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

  Nguyen Duy Hai gives a thumbs up sign at the FV hospital in HCMC, where he had an 82-kg tumor removed. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre Newspaper. Two days after having a 82-kg tumor removed in a major surgery, the patient could breathe on his own and eat on Saturday, doctors of the FV Hospital [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...