Test of hepatitis B vaccine funded by Unicef

The Ministry of Health has received a full 1.3 million doses of hepatitis B vaccine funded by Unicef ​​and will conduct safety testing before it is released.

This is the number of hepatitis B vaccines supported by Unicef ​​to overcome the shortage of hepatitis B vaccine in Vietnam after the Ministry of Health decides to stop using all 2 LG hepatitis B vaccine batches. -South Korea produces related to the past accidents in Vietnam.

Child health check before vaccination.(Photo: H.Cat)

Also today, the Ministry of Health has completed taking samples of this vaccine to test the safety and tolerability of vaccines for Vietnamese people. Test results are expected in about 1 month. If the vaccine is safe then the Ministry of Health will put it into use for children.

Dr. Cao Minh Quang - Deputy Minister of Health said that testing the safety of vaccines helps to minimize complications such as happened recently. This is the first time that foreign aid has been closely tested before being circulated.

On the same day, Dr. Nguyen Van Binh - Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) said that the National Institute of Vaccine and Medical Bio-Product Inspection has accredited the quality of vaccines that are suspected to cause catastrophe. As a result, those vaccine lots all meet the prescribed criteria. However, so far the Ministry of Health is still awaiting the results of independent quality control of these vaccine lots from the World Health Organization (WHO). Reportedly, WHO sent samples of suspected hepatitis B vaccines to cause complications to the French laboratory for examination. At least 3 weeks to get results.

Khanh Chi