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Disease prevention law to ensure comprehensive healthcare: experts
With non-communicable diseases now accounting for 70 per cent of deaths in Việt Nam annually, health experts are urging the promulgation of the Law on Disease Prevention as a comprehensive legal framework to improve the overall health quality of the population.While Việt Nam adopted the ...
Vietnamese life expectancy up, but non-infectious disease cases rise
Although average life expectancy has increased, the number of cases of non-infectious disease among Vietnamese has risen, Dr Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, head of the Department of Health Protection and Care of Central Officers, said.The average life expectancy of Vietnamese is 73.6 compared to 68.6 in 1999, according to the population ...
