Malaria deaths are down but progress remains fragile
13 December 2011 - Geneva , 13 December 2011 – Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region, according to the World Malaria Report 2011, issued today by ...
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Global report shows Viet Nam is leading in the provision of sterile needles and syringes to people who inject drugs
1 December 2011 - Ha Noi, 1 December 2011 – The health sector in Viet Nam has made remarkable progress in keeping people living with HIV on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, according to a new global report jointly ...
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Hand Foot and Mouth Disease in Viet Nam
7 September 2011 - 07 September, 2011 Ha Noi--The Ministry of Health (MOH) is closely monitoring the current situation of hand foot and mouth disease in Viet Nam. Since 01 January 2011 to 04 September 2011, 98 deaths an ...
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Viet Nam Increases Capacity to Fight Disease Outbreaks: First Fellows Graduate from Viet Nam’s Field Epidemiology Training Programme
26 August 2011 - Hanoi, 26 August 2011 — Viet Nam has suffered a chronic shortage of medical staff with advanced training in applied epidemiology. Today five fellows graduated from Viet Nam’s Field Epidemiology Train ...
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WHO Vows to Knock Down Hepatitis Infections
28 July 2011 - Hanoi, 28 July 2011 — The 28th of July marks the first ever World Hepatitis Day. At the World Health Assembly in 2010, countries unanimously adopted a resolution calling for concerted action to addre ...
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Viet Nam Joins the United Fight Against Dengue
15 June 2011 - Ha Noi, 15 June 2011— At the launch of Viet Nam's first-ever celebration of ASEAN Dengue Day, representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Pasteur Institute, the World Health Organization (WHO) an ...
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Dr. Ly Ngoc Kinh wins WHO award for tobacco control efforts
27 May 2011 - HANOI, 27th May 2011—Dr Ly Ngoc Kinh, Senior Consultant and Former Director, Standing Office of Viet Nam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), Former Director General, Medical Service A ...
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Viet Nam Leads on Treatment 2.0 - First Pilot Begins in Mid 2011
19 May 2011 - Ha Noi, 19 May 2011 – Viet Nam is taking the lead in universal access to comprehensive HIV services as the first country to pilot Treatment 2.0--a new generation of HIV treatment that radically decre ...
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Viet Nam joins the world to halt death and injury on the roads - Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 set to save millions of lives
11 May 2011 - HA NOI - On 11 May , dozens of countries around the world will kick off the first global Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. From New Zealand to Mexico and the Russian Federation to South Afri ...
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Message of Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, to commemorate World Malaria Day 2011
25 April 2011 - This year’s commemoration of the World Malaria Day marks the 10th anniversary of a decade-long effort to reduce the burden of malaria in affected Member States. The global theme for this year is "Achi ...
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Antibiotics may lose their power to cure disease, WHO warns
7 April 2011 - MANILA, 7 April 2011—The World Health Organization (WHO) today warned of a possible return to the days before antibiotics were developed unless global action is taken urgently to combat the growing pr ...
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