Vietnam gets great achievements in vaccines research and production
On December 22, at a seminar themed “Vietnam’s vaccines – Development and Integration” in Hanoi, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long stated that Vietnam has taken the initiative in preventing dangerous infectious diseases over the past years.
Vietnam has seen great achievements in researching and producing vaccines, especially the production of 10 out of the 11 kinds mentioned in the nationwide expanded immunisation programme, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long. Reports delivered at the event showed that expanded immunisation is one of the safest and most efficient measures to reduce fatalities and improve life quality. Since being implemented nationwide in 1985, the programme has helped protect around 6.7 million children from five infectious diseases, namely newborn tetanus, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough and poliomyelitis and avoid 42,900 fatalities caused by these diseases.
In 2015, Vietnam’s National Regulatory Authority for vaccines was recognised to meet international requirements by the World Health Organisation. It means that Vietnam’s vaccines align with international standards and are acknowledged by the international community.
However, the country’s export of vaccines has yet to meet expectations, according to reports. As such, the seminar was held by the Health Ministry to discuss Vietnam’s advantages and potential in researching and producing vaccines as well as sharing assessments of technologies in vaccine production serving domestic demands and export.
In this situation, Mr. Nguyen Nhat Cam - Director of Hanoi Center for Preventive Medicine recommends that people should take children to the full and proper vaccination schedule. If fully vaccinated, the ability to create antibodies to protect the baby's body is over 90%. For infants and young children, the higher the effectiveness of vaccination is. Full immunization schedule not only create resistance against some dangerous diseases but also help avoid the risk of infection, risk of disability later. Besides, in order to protect the health of children in the best way, parents also need to strengthen disease prevention and seasonal diet attention to improve the resistance to children.
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