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Health care facilities must be able to cope with epidemics
The health sector must also focus on training for doctors - lower level doctors know how to deal with pandemic flu. As for drugs, the Deputy Prime Minister affirmed:
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USA: President Bush announced a plan of $ 7.1 billion against bird flu
US President George Bush has launched an action plan worth $ 7.1 billion to prevent bird flu, of which the US will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to manufacture a…
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China: Spending two billion yuan of bird flu
China 's state council said China will spend 2 billion yuan (more than 246 million dollars) for the bird flu prevention program that is in danger of spreading to the cou…
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20 million doses of H5N1 vaccine arrived in Vietnam
Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Deputy Director of Animal Health Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said, on November 4, there will be 20 million doses of H5N1…
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Thailand: 2 deaths and 38 people suspected of being infected
Bird flu has claimed two lives in Thailand on November 1 and caused at least 38 other people to be placed on the list of suspected people on November 2 only.
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Five countries ACMECS signed against bird flu
The five countries summit of the Chao Phraya - Mekong Ayeyawady Economic Cooperation Organization (ACMECS) ended yesterday in Bangkok with concrete results on investment…
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Bac Giang: Announcing bird flu in 3 communes
In the afternoon of November 3, Chairman of Bac Giang People's Committee decided to announce bird flu in three communes: Yen Lu (Yen Dung), Van Trung and Tang Tien (Viet…
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Ho Chi Minh City: scarcity of Tamiflu is just fake!
In response to the needs of the units, Yteco has sent a dispatch to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to propose the Roche Company to support Yteco to buy Tamiflu me…
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China: The fourth bird flu outbreak
China has reported a new outbreak of bird flu, the fourth outbreak in more than two weeks. Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asked governments to implement an a…
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Tamiflu produced by VN will be provided for free
Director of Drug Administration Department Cao Minh Quang said that Vietnam produces Tamiflu for non-commercial purposes. Therefore, it will be allocated free to treatme…
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Avian influenza outbreaks in Asia
Vietnam and China have announced the discovery of new outbreaks while Japan has destroyed 180,000 heads of poultry when detecting signs of bird flu at the farm.
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Do not inject the bird flu vaccine: How much is the fine?
The Government has issued a decree regulating administrative sanctions in the field of veterinary medicine, including penalizing those who do not allow vaccination for t…
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Urgently translate
Immediately after Bac Giang province announced bird flu in three communes (Tuoi Tre 4-11), the implementation of prevention and control of epidemics spread in these comm…
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A suspected fatal patient with H5N1 in Hanoi
In the afternoon of November 3, Dr. Nguyen Duc Hien - Director of the Institute of Clinical Medicine for Tropical Diseases (Bach Mai Hospital) said that at Bach Mai Hosp…
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The UN proposed a 7-point strategy
At the United Nations Global Health Summit held in New York (USA), yesterday, Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed a seven-point strategy to prepare to cope and stop th…