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Efforts made to ensure vaccines for expanded immunisation program

The Ministry of Health is working hard to ensure vaccine supply for the national expanded program on immunisation (EPI), heard a regular Government press conference in Hanoi on December 6.

More than 33,000 HCM City children wait for vaccines

A vaccine shortage that has lasted for months in the Expanded Immunisation Programme has affected around 33,000 children in HCM City.

WHO, UNICEF to ensure 5-in-1 vaccine supply for Vietnam

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have agreed to ensure vaccine supply to support Vietnam’s expanded vaccination programme, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has said.

Vaccine shortage worries unwarranted

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi residents worried the Government might run out of vaccines have been lining up in the early hours of the morning to register their children for the immunisation services programme.

Families resistant to infant blood screening

The practice of screening newborns' blood for congenital diseases is meeting fierce opposition from families, said Ta Quang Huy, director of the Ha Noi Department of Population and Family Planning.