September 3, 2011
Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]
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April 16, 2011
A health worker holds doses of influenza A (H1N1) vaccines in a jail in Ciudad Juarez March 29, 2011. Virus samples will be shared globally in exchange for vaccines produced from them under a landmark deal to improve preparedness for a flu pandemic, diplomats at the World Health Organization said Saturday. Negotiators ended an all-night [...]
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January 29, 2010
Doctors in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are treating two babies who suffered shock after being given three different vaccines on Monday, the director of a local hospital said. The babies, two and half months and three months old respectively, were hospitalized after being injected with the DPT vaccine â“ a combination of [...]
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January 17, 2010
Vietnam has asked the WHO for a response to allegations it had exaggerated the swine flu pandemic under pressure from pharmaceutical lobbies. Pharmaceutical companies have made huge profits from vaccine contracts in the wake of the crisis that critics say was overblown for that purpose.âAt the moment the Vietnam Ministry of Health is consulting various [...]
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January 12, 2010
The WHO is to examine its handling of the H1N1 pandemic, the group said Tuesday, after accusations by some politicians that it exaggerated the dangers of the virus under pressure from drug companies. The United Nations health agency will review the way it dealt with the outbreak of swine flu once the pandemic has subsided, [...]
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January 12, 2010
The World Health Organization has said they have not changed the definition of pandemic during the course of the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak. The United Nations agency made the statement in a press release on Friday in response to the accusation of Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, that pharmaceutical companies [...]
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December 14, 2009
A womenâs health center in Da Nang City is doing its clients a disservice, charging higher fees and giving out wrong information, a Thanh Nien investigation has found. The Da Nang Pregnancy Health Center offers Cervarix, a vaccine against cervical cancer, for women 10-55 years of age, while an instruction in January by the Ministry [...]
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December 13, 2009
The manufacturer of a H1N1 vaccine that caused severe adverse effects in Canada last month will not bear any responsibility if similar complications occur in Vietnam, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO said Vietnam was expected to receive 1.2 million doses of Arepanrix vaccine between December 9 [...]
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December 12, 2009
The WHO said Wednesday it would provide Vietnam will all information related to its current investigation of adverse H1N1 vaccines reactions, following reports of inoculation-induced illnesses in Canada. The UN agencyâs press release was issued in response to Vietnamâs recent request for information about the safety of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)-produced Arepanrix vaccines, which are set to [...]
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December 4, 2009
Vietnam has asked the World Health Organization to clarify the safety of H1N1 vaccines to be provided to the country after higher-than-usual adverse reactions were reported in Canada. In an urgent communication to WHO, Vietnam has demanded that all information about the Arepanrix H1N1 vaccines produced by the British-owned GlaxoSmithKline, including its dosage and the [...]
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