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Red tape denies thousands in Vietnam access to sponsored cancer medication
Thousands of Vietnamese cancer patients who rely on state-run health insurance for their medication may have to abandon their treatment because of a recent government decree barring drugs that lack the required papers from being imported into the country. Though the drugs are available commercially, they ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
Cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment aids cause difficulties in treating HIV kids
Vietnam is embracing difficulties in treating kids living with HIV as international organizations are cutting financial aids however, these ill kids have still received good care in hospitals.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Programme provides health care to 6 million people
A community health care programme has provided free checkups, treatment and medicines to more than 6 million people in nearly 13,500 campaigns nationwide, heard a conference held in Hà Nội on Thursday to review its outcomes.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
New criteria classify private hospitals
The Ministry of Health has issued a set of criteria to classify the quality of private hospitals and healthcare clinics across the country.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Drug bidding saves $10 million
The national centralised bidding for 20 types of drugs covered by health insurance has helped save VNĐ251.13 billion (US$10.9 million) on drugs, said Dương Tuấn Đức, director of the Centre for Health Insurance Appraisal and Multi-level Payments in the North under Việt Nam Social Security.Keep ...
VNS Reporter
Expand social insurance coverage, Deputy PM urges
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) must enhance inspections and join hands with relevant agencies to ensure transparency and prevent health insurance fraud, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at a meeting with the VSS yesterday.Keep reading ...
VIR Reporter
HCM City enhances use of IT disease surveillance
HCM City will expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology this year for surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth, throughout the city after successfully piloting it for dengue fever, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre department’s deputy director Nguyễn Hữu Hưng told Việt Nam News.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Doctor rotation project yields successful results
Some 6.6 million people have received better medical treatment as a result of a project which rotates doctors from high-level to lower-level hospitals, implemented in Việt Nam since 2008.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
88 percent of hospitals have effective waste treatment systems
The Medical Environment Management Agency has announced that 478 out of 543 hospitals across Vietnam have well-operating waste treatment systems, accounting for 88 percent of the total.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
HCM City hospitals use IT to regulate antibiotic use
Many hospitals in HCM City use software to monitor the prescription of antibiotics to ensure they are not abused causing bacteria to mutate to become antibiotic-resistant, a major global health problem, including in Vietnam.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
