Conference seeks to improve humanitarian health care
A conference was held in Hanoi on March 9 to improve the efficiency of blood donation, humanitarian medical examination and treatment campaigns in 2016.
Hanoi (VNA) – A conference was held in Hanoi on March 9 to improve the efficiency🐓 of blood donation, humanitarian medical 🐻examination and treatment campaigns in 2016.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said Vietnam collected over 1.15 million units of blood in 2015, 8.4 times over 1994, when the first blood donation drive was launched.
She raised the fact that, the country has nearly 3,000 blood donation clubs with more than 114,000 members.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society along with the Ministry of Health, the General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army, and the Vietnam Young Doctors’ Association have worked together to implement the programme on humanitarian health check-ups and treatment between 2014 and 2017.
The programme aims to provide free treatment and medicines for at least one million patients nationwide, especially poor people, social policy beneficiaries, ethnic minority groups and those living in remote, sea, island and border districts.
In 2015, it held over 4,000 charitable medical examinations drives, 1.6 times against the previous year, and provided free medicine for nearly 1.7 million people, up 47 percent over 2014.
In 2016, the programme is looking to provide free health check-ups for at least 1.3 million patients across the country and collect nearly 1.2 million units of blood.-VNA
A range of practical voluntary activities were carried out nationwide during 2014, contributing to ensuring social security and improving the community life, according to the Steering Committee of the Year of Youth Volunteers 2014.
Blood donation and humanitarian medical examination and treatment campaigns in 2014 brought about significant results and benefitted a substantial number of people, heard a conference reviewing the drives in Hanoi on April 14.
The youth unions across Hanoi have drawn up detailed plans for a wide range of voluntary activities to support local communities and help ensure social security this year.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
Medical screenings and surgical interventions for children with disabilities are being carried out at health centers across Dien Bien. So far this year, 242 children have been identified for diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and the provision of assistive devices.
The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Students donate blood (Photo: VNA)
