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Health ministry asks Bac Ninh to stop tapeworm tests The Saigon Times Daily A health worker takes blood sample from a kid. The Ministry of Health has asked the Bac Ninh government to stop porcine tapeworm tests - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Ministry of Health on March 21 requested the Bac Ninh government to direct the provincial Department of Health and local medical centers to stop conducting porcine tapeworm tests on children, the local media reported. According to the ministry, it is impossible to conclude that patients are infected with porcine tapeworms based solely on their blood test results. Blood testing is just one of many methods of diagnosing the infection. In addition, patients testing positive for porcine tapeworms do not need to undergo immediate medical treatment. Treatment is only necessary if patients develop clinical symptoms of the infection. Regarding the widespread tapeworm infections among children in Bac Ninh Province, the Ministry of Health … [Read more...] about Health ministry asks Bac Ninh to stop tapeworm tests

A medical worker of the Ninh Bình HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Centre takes blood sample for HIV test for a resident. – VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Only 30-35 per cent of people facing a high risk of contracting HIV received HIV tests in the past year, according to statistics from the Việt Nam Administration of HIV Control. Speaking at a conference today that summed up the initial results of HIV testing in the community and created a plan for the future, Võ Hải Sơn, an expert from the administration, said discrimination was the main factor keeping people from approaching centres to get tested for HIV. Many of the people suffering from HIV lived in remote areas with a difficult terrain, so travelling to centres for tests was difficult, he said. To address the problem, the administration ran a pilot programme for HIV testing in six provinces and cities, Nghệ An, Thanh Hóa, Điện Biên and Thái Nguyên, as well as Hà Nội and HCM City, in the … [Read more...] about HIV tests reveal new cases in community

A delegation from the health ministry visits residents in Kim Thượng Commune to inspect HIV/AIDS situation in the area. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Kiên PHÚ THỌ — The Ministry of Health has asked the northern province of Phú Thọ to conduct HIV/AIDS tests free of charge for local people in Kim Thượng Commune and those living in surrounding areas. The move comes after an outbreak of HIV in Kim Thượng Commune, where 42 residents, including a 18-month-old baby girl, were found to be infected last month. These newly-recorded cases were among 500 residents were tested after two people died of HIV/AIDS disease and four newly-infected cases were reported between February and June. A private health clinic owner, which has been found to operate without permission, was suspected to have shared the same dirty needle to multiple patients, causing the medical disaster. The man denied the allegation. PhD Nguyễn Hoàng Long, director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention … [Read more...] about HIV increase sparks free tests

Immediate treatment unnecessary for children testing positive for tapeworms: ministry The Saigon Times Daily A view of the press conference held today, March 19, in the northern province of Bac Ninh - PHOTO: PLO HCMC - Patients testing positive for porcine tapeworms do not need to undergo immediate medical treatment, the local media reported, citing Nguyen Thanh Phong, director of the Department of Food Safety under the Ministry of Health. At a press conference in the northern province of Bac Ninh held by the Department of Food Safety today, March 19, on the widespread tapeworm infections among children in the province, Phong said blood testing is just one of multiple methods to diagnose the infection, and treatment methods should be adopted if children develop clinical symptoms of the infection. Despite sharing the anxiety of local parents, he affirmed that it is not difficult to treat the disease and the medicines for it are not expensive as well. He added that … [Read more...] about Immediate treatment unnecessary for children testing positive for tapeworms: ministry

Some 100 outstanding Vietnamese blood donors were honoured in an event to celebrate World Blood Donor Day on June 9 in Hà Nội. — VNS/Photo Thanh Hải Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Ngọc Thành, 59, from HCM City has donated his blood 64 times but cannot remember the exact year when he did so for the first time. “I was very impressed with the word ‘ humanity ’ and humanitarian movements. I have nothing but my desire to do humanitarian activities. So, I decided to donate blood voluntarily to save the lives of needy patients,” said Thành. Thành who currently works as a security guard at a supermarket, has loved humanitarian activities since he worked at a shoe company more than 20 years ago. Thành said that he used to be an alcoholic. Once at a blood donation event, a doctor said that his donated blood cannot be used because tests showed several problems. “I knew my blood was not used because I drank too much. I felt sad and guilty. So, I decided to give up drinking and … [Read more...] about Man dedicated to blood donation

People search for the remains of a martyr in the central province of Quảng Trị. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The 20-year resistance war against America left nearly 850,000 Vietnamese soldiers dead and at least 300,000 of them may never be identified and returned to their living relatives. In the decades after the war ended in 1975, the absence of physical traces of the dead has driven many families across the country to desperation, seeking help from the most dubious of sources: mediums who claim they can communicate with the underworld and ask spirits to point to the location of their remains. In the last few years, with genetic analysis becoming more accessible and widely known, the scientific approach to identifying the remains of war martyrs has gained traction. However, the process is difficult and time-consuming according to Professor Lê Đình Lương, the founder of Centre for Genetic Analysis and Technology (CGAT), the leading centre where families can come … [Read more...] about DNA testing for war martyrs identification: a straw of hope for closure

A cancer patient receives treatment at the Đà Nẵng Oncology. — VNS Photo Công Thành Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — Việt Nam has been seeking closely co-operation with foreign partners in sharing stem cell transplant skills as well as building up banks of marrow and bone marrow transplant for saving more patients in the future. Dr. Phù Chí Dũng, director the HCM City Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital, said on sideline of the 5th Vietnamese-French Open Blood Transfusion and Marrow Transplantation Congress in Đà Nẵng on Friday. Dũng said since the first case of an allogeneic bone marrow transplant in Việt Nam was successfully performed in 1995, more than 286 patients have had stem cell transplantation across the country, and nine centres in nationwide had carried out hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. “We have yet built up stem cell banks to offer more chances for patients in Việt Nam. We also have limited donors domestically, so the co-operation with … [Read more...] about Experts discuss on blood transfusion and marrow transplant congress

Blood clam farming in Thị Tường Lake in the southernmost province of Cà Mau. — Photo laodong.com.vn Viet Nam News CÀ MAU — A plan to turn a lake into a nature reserve has hit a snag due to blood clam farming. Some 640 households in the three districts of Phú Tân, Cái Nước and Trần Văn Thời around Cà Mau Province’s Thị Tường Lake make a living from seafood, with 30 per cent of them involved in blood clam farming, Lao Động reports. For years, they have ignored request from the province’s authorities to remove their blood clam farm constructions so as to turn the 700ha lake into a natural reserve. New oyster farm constructions keep emerging despite warnings from authorities, as blood clam farming is their only means of earning a living. Some farmers have been making billions of đồng per year. Thái Văn Đen, a farmer in Phú Tân District who lives on the lake, earned more than VNĐ1 billion (US$43,900) in 2017 after investing VNĐ520 million ($22,800) into raising clams. … [Read more...] about Blood clam farmers face losing their livelihoods

Dr Hoàng Thị Diễm Tuyết, the head of Hùng Vương Hospital, speaks about the new HPV test that can identify high-risk HPV at a symposium held last week in HCM City that discussed the use of the test to screen for cervical cancer. — VNS Photo Ngô Đồng Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Hùng Vương Hospital, which specialises in obstetrics and gynaecology, has been chosen to administer the HPV (Aptima human papillomavirus) test to detect the presence and activity of high-risk HPV. The hospital is the first in the country to offer the test, according to Dr Hoàng Thị Diễm Tuyết, the hospital’s head, who spoke at a symposium on using HPV tests to screen for cervical cancer last week. The Aptima HPV test offers better sensitivity and increased specificity than other tests. The test, which provides information about 14 high-risk HPV types, helps doctors focus on women who need care the most, she added. There are many different kinds of tests that detect HPV and classify the risk … [Read more...] about Hospital first in country to offer test that detects high-risk HPV

People who return to Hà Nội from localities with current COVID-19 outbreaks report their health conditions at Quan Hoa Ward's Community House in Cầu Giấy District. From February 19, all such returnees would be tested for SARS-CoV-2. —VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long on Friday emphasised the “key role of testing in controlling COVID-19”, asking localities nationwide to improve testing capacity, shorten time to produce testing results and make use of available resources to detect, isolate and monitor COVID-19 cases. Speaking at an online meeting with localities nationwide over COVID-19 prevention and control, Long said that localities must prepare resources to improve their testing capacity. “If we are slow in testing, we will still chase but won’t stop the disease. Meanwhile, COVID-19 outbreaks at this time are spreading so quickly, we don’t have much time or we will lose,” Long said. Current COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly ones in the … [Read more...] about Testing plays key role in controlling COVID-19: Health Minister