Articles about Health
1: Mysterious Disease Spreads in Southern Province
Over the last seven days, dozens of people have been admitted to hospital complaining of odd symptoms now related to an unknown disease in the southern province of An Giang, nearby Can Tho City.
2: Cholera patients keep increasing
Head of the Preventive Health Agency Nguyen Huy Nga said Wednesday that there were four more cholera patients reported on November 21, raising the total number to 261.
3: Cholera epidemic affects two foreigners
A Japanese man who drank beer and ate soya curd with shrimp paste at a restaurant has been reported to have cholera. The second case, of a Belgium tourist, has been noticed on the same day.
4: Taiwanese died of suspected bird flu in Can Tho City
A Taiwanese man died of viral pneumonia in Can Tho City this monday, local doctors, who suspect he had contracted bird flu, said.
5: Private hospitals opened in Can Tho City
Some private hospitals were set up in Can Tho City. They give more choices to the people who want to receive better health-care services while public hospitals have been overloaded.
6: Cholera epidemic thwarted but still scary
There seems to be no new cholera patients after last week outbreak but the development of the disease is unpredictable, said Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu at an urgent meeting Tuesday afternoon.
7: Survey report: High-schoolers don’t know how to make babies
A third of high school students recently surveyed don’t know where babies come from, according to a poll by Ho Chi Minh City university students.
8: Pharmacies must meet WHO standards: health officials
All Vietnamese pharmacies will have to comply with World Heath Organization standards by 2010, according to health agencies.
9: Hospital CEOs: Where are you?
Most hospital executives in Vietnam are doctors, experts in the medical field, but who lack the know-how to turn their hospitals into efficient businesses.
10: More than 16 percent of Vietnamese adults obese
A total of 16.3 percent of the Vietnamese adult population is obese, and 32.5 percent of those living in urban areas are over-weight, according to 2005 statistics.
11: Vietnam reissues bird flu poultry breeding ban
Vietnam's prime minister has reissued a poorly-observed ban on poultry breeding in cities, the government said Thursday, amid fears of new bird flu outbreaks in the coming winter season.
12: Officials Urge Tight Control on Functional Food Advertisements
Producers of food, functional food and additives must be granted a license from a relevant health agency before they can advertise their products in the media, said Mr. Cao Minh Quang, Deputy Head of the Health Ministry.
13: Bird flu, pig disease return to Mekong Delta as weather cools
Bird flu is recurring in the Mekong River Delta as the weather turns from hot to cold in the last months of the year, according to the region’s animal health officials.
14: Risk of a Bird Flu Outbreak Remains on High Alert
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is temporarily under control in Viet Nam, however the risk of a bird flu outbreak is still on high alert. This was announced by the Director of the Preventive Health Department, Nguyen Huy Nga at a conference yesterday in Ha Noi.
15: Dengue Fever Runs Riot in the South
Ho Chi Minh City has seen an unprecedented number of dengue fever deaths this year and the government agencies must do more to get the epidemic under control, Dr. Le Hoang San from the HCMC Pasteur Institute warned yesterday.
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