Health

Dien Bien Phu bird flu death is fifth of the year
30/11/2009 05:00
A man with bird flu has died in northern Vietnam, after nearly six months of having no case recorded in the country, the health ministry said Monday. The victim, a 23-year-old man in...
Hanoi to treat drug addicts with methadone
29/11/2009 05:00
Hanoi will launch its first project to treat drug addiction with methadone next Tuesday, according to Le Nhan Tuan, director of the cityâs HIV/AIDS prevention center. The pilot...
Health sector afflicted by corruption malaise
26/11/2009 05:00
Patients at the Ho Chi Minh City Tumorâs Hospital have to wait from 6 a.m. for hours to meet a doctor Bribes and gifts have become so commonplace that they are not seen as corruption by many patients....
Accept and respect HIV/AIDS patients: Nobel laureate
26/11/2009 05:00
Professor FranÃ§oise BarrÃ©-Sinoussi talks with students at the Vietnam National UniversityTuesday. Ending discrimination is key to preventing dreaded disease, says virologist who discovered HIV....
Sore throat? Say no to drugs
26/11/2009 05:00
Two spoons of honey in a glass of carrot juice can relieve a sore throat A sore throat can be caused by a virus, cigarette smoke, sinus drainage or allergy and is usually itchy and red....
800,000 pregnant women to receive swine flu vaccinations
26/11/2009 05:00
Some 800,000 women over four months pregnant will be given H1N1 vaccinations from the 1.2 million doses pledged by the WHO according to health ministryâs Department of Preventive Health and Environment....
Public doctors get green light to work at private hospitals
26/11/2009 05:00
Doctor employees of public hospitals will be allowed to work at private healthcare establishments under part time contracts or run health consultancy services on their own next year, a new legislation says....