non-communicable diseases

Update news non-communicable diseases

About 22 million Vietnamese have chronic diseases

Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and mental disorders are causing Vietnamese to live with illness for about 10 years of their life, though average life expectancy has increased.

Over 23 million Vietnamese suffer non-communicable diseases

Roughly 23 million Vietnamese people are suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are the leading cause of death in the country, revealed Prof. Nguyen Lan Viet, vice president of the Vietnam National Heart Association.

Abbott’s answers to in chronic diseases

The FreeStyle Libre brought by Abbott, a global healthcare leader, is a first-of-its-kind wearable sensor-based technology that gave people with diabetes in Vietnam a better way to manage their condition.

Non-communicable diseases - top cause of death in Vietnam

Non-communicable diseases are the top cause of death in Vietnam, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

Pollution, lifestyles raise death rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said yesterday that non-infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in Viet Nam and had become a socio-economic burden.