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Vietnam successfully marks 1,400 organ transplants
Vietnam has successfully performed nearly 1,400 organ transplant surgeries over the past 20 years, said Le Quang Cuong, Deputy Minister of Health.
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Zika on the rise in Ho Chi Minh City
Another 11 Zika cases have been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, increasing the total number of cases in the city to 57.
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Acupuncture helps autistic children
More than 1,500 children with autism come to the National Hospital of Acupuncture for treatment every year.
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Japan helps Vietnam treat lung disease
The Prime Minister has given the green light to a Japanese-funded medical project on the detection and treatment of pneumonia among children.
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Ho Chi Minh City expands Zika virus monitoring network
Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department said it launched 15 more points for screening and detecting Zika virus infections in the context of increasing number of infections in the city.…
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Japanese scientist wins Nobel medicine prize for work on ‘self-eating’ cell mechanism
Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine for ground-breaking experiments with yeast which exposed a key mechanism in the body's defences where cells degrade and…
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Survey looks at alcohol consumption in Vietnam
At 43.8 percent of the country’s adult population, general alcohol consumption rate of Vietnamese people is higher than some might expect.
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HIV self-testing introduced in Vietnam
People who want to know their HIV status can now test themselves discreetly thanks to the HIV self-testing service that was launched in Vietnam for the first time on August 26.
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The world acts for teenage girls’ health
The UN Population Fund has chosen the theme “Investing in teenage girls” for this year’s World Population Day July 11.
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Vietnam doctor attends international cancer congress
Bui Chi Bao, a lecturer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City, is participating in an international congress on cancer in the Australian State of Queensland…
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