January 17, 2012
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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December 4, 2011
The Canadian government will co-host a charity run in Hanoi on Sunday to raise funds for treating children with cancer and heart diseases. Vietnamese and international communities including the media, government leaders, school students, hospitals, public and private organizations, are invited to the run at 7:00 a.m. Sunday at Thien Quang Lake, Hanoi, the [...]
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October 21, 2011
Pathologists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia attend a workshop on transmittable disease from animals to humans in Hanoi. Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian pathologists are being trained to identify and respond early to dangerous pathogens so that they can better cope with the risk of emergence and spread of new pandemic diseases . During the October [...]
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June 14, 2011
Vietnam has lost at least 1.5 to 3 percent of its gross domestic products (GDP) to environmental pollution that has been increasing rapidly for many years, says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Â Surface water in most urban areas are polluted with organic substances and Coliform bacteria up to three times higher [...]
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April 6, 2011
An old pharmacy featuring the northern style, was relocated to the Fito Museum's second floor. It has medicinal chests, small pillows on the table where patients put their arms for the doctor to feel their pulse, and a medicinal scale. Ngoc Ha looks healthy and youthful at 50. The woman with her hair dyed blonde [...]
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February 22, 2011
A boat full of illegal immigrants enters the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa escorted by a Coast Guard vessel on February 20. Fifty million "environmental refugees" will flood into the global north by 2020, fleeing food shortages sparked by climate change, experts warned at a major science conference that ended here Monday. "In [...]
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January 28, 2011
WHO officials have called for a ban on advertising directed at children for foods high in saturated fats, sugars or salt. Some 42 million pre-school children are obese or overweight, according to WHO data. The World Health Organization’s executive board has called governments to work with industry to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, [...]
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January 18, 2010
LookAtVietnam – New laws on health insurance means poor patients will now have to pay five percent of their medical bills, but will they be able to? Cam Quyen explores the issue: Patients suffer from kidney failure at the Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi. Insured patients hit for part fees Don’t let poor patients die but ⦠Among [...]
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January 3, 2010
Waste water flows into the 1,700-metre Ba Bo Canal which crosses five industrial zones in HCM City.LookAtVietnam – Pollution caused by dust, exhaust fumes and noise in HCM City has not declined and is reaching alarming levels, according to a recent survey on the city’s air quality.The report, released by the HCM City Environmental Protection [...]
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December 14, 2009
The Ministry of Health has issued a circular telling health workers, patients and patients’ relatives to be sure to wash their hands. The ministry has asked hospitals to supervise the implementation of the circular beginning from early December. In HCM City, the local health department has instructed all hospitals to build more basins and to [...]
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