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First Training Center for Village Midwives Opens
A first training center and dormitory for village midwives was open on May 19 in Tu Du Ob-Gyn hospital, Ho Chi Minh City. -
Training Workshop on Sexuality and Sexual Health for VWU Staff
From April 21-23, a training workshop on sexuality and sexual health was held at the VWU head office for staff. -
Delta myasthenia found in Ha Tay
Nearly 60 children of under 15 years old in Vat Lai Commune, Ba Vi District, northern Ha Tay Province have symptoms of delta myasthenia like children in Nghi Xuan, central Ha Tinh Province. Haft of them are students of the Vat Lai Secondary School. -
National vaccinations funded through 2006
The national extended vaccination programme will get VND117bil (US$7.3mil) from the State and US$4mil in foreign aid, enough for 2006, said representative, Dr Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha. -
Women participate in Pushing Tuberculosis Backwards in the Community
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Vietnam is the best example in implementing the anti-tuberculosis program. -
A day with HIV-positive children
All children at the Tan Binh Charity House (Ho Chi Minh City) have had bad luck since their births. They were infected with HIV from their parents and most of them were abandoned, then later adopted by the House staff when many orphanages in the region found them in the maternity hospitals. -
Family with nine volunteer blood donors
The family of LeThi Theu, a Co Tu ethnic woman, in Par Nghi II village, A Ngo commune, A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province has had nine members volunteering to give their blood in the past years. -
Health care project helps women and kids
An ongoing community health care project organised by Johnson & Johnson Co. has offered two new programmes in Ha Noi. -
Labor Hero title awarded to a nun
On the occasion of the 51 anniversary of the Vietnam Day for Medical Doctors (27 Feb. 1955 – 27 Feb. 2006), the People’s Committee and the Health Department of Lam Dong province, at the decision by the Chairman of the State, organized a ceremony on 25 Feb. -
Red Cross launches AO victim support project
The Viet Nam Red Cross has recently launched a project on "Supporting Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in the Central Highlands and southern Tay Ninh province" for the 2006-2010 period.