New vaccines to be added to expanded programme on immunisation
Many new kinds of vaccines will be included in the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) in the coming time, said Dr. Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy head of the EPI Office under the Ministry of Health, on July 10.
the vaccine against Rotavirus will be provided in a number of localities in 2023 and the whole nation in 2024. (Photo: nld.vom.vn)
Hanoi (VNA)– Many new kinds of vaccines will be included in the national expandedprogramme on immunisation (EPI) in the coming time, said Dr. Dang Thanh Huyen,deputy head of the EPI Office under the Ministry of Health, on July 10.
Huyen said thataccording to the roadmap, the vaccine against Rotavirus will be provided in anumber of localities in 2023 and the whole nation in 2024.
Meanwhile, vaccinesagainst pneumococcal disease, cervical cancer, and seasonal flu will beintroduced from 2025, 2026 and 2030, respectively, said the official.
Dr. Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy head of the EPI Office under the Ministry of Health (Photo: laodong.vn)
Associate Prof. LeViet Dung, Vice Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, said theadministration has received registration from several units to provide vaccinesagainst the hand-foot-mouth disease. The vaccines have been classified as prioritised for consideration to grant circulation permit.
The EPI of Vietnam,which was launched in 1981, is providing immunisation to 12 vaccine preventablediseases of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio,Hib, Measles, Rubella, Japanese Encephalitis, Cholera (in high-risk areas), andTyphoid (in high-risk areas).
According to theWorld Health Organisation (WHO), in Vietnam, it is estimated that EPI has saved42,000 lives and prevented more than 6.7 million childhood diseases like polio,tetanus, diphtheria, measles and pertussis with high vaccine coverage. Official2017 data indicated a coverage of 97% for Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), 97%for measles-containing vaccine (MCV) first dose, and 93% for MCV second dose./.
The Ministry of Health has issued Decision No. 3400/QD-BYT on the allocation of more than 2 million doses of Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna vaccine) to 53 cities and provinces nationwide as well as military, public security forces and 20 hospitals run by the ministry.
Vietnam is expected to receive over 100,000 doses of rotavirus vaccine next year for pilot use before making them available in its expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) that offers free vaccination to under-1 children.
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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.
the vaccine against Rotavirus will be provided in a number of localities in 2023 and the whole nation in 2024. (Photo: nld.vom.vn) 
Dr. Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy head of the EPI Office under the Ministry of Health (Photo: laodong.vn) 
