Vietnam will add four vaccines to the Expanded Program on Immunization (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)- New types of vaccines will be included in the national expanded immunization schedule in the near future, said Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy director of the National Office of Expanded Immunization (ONIA) at the Ministry of Health.
Thanh Huyen said that according to the roadmap, the rotavirus vaccine will be provided in various locations in 2023 and nationwide in 2024.
Meanwhile, vaccines against pneumococcal disease, cervical cancer and seasonal flu will be introduced starting in 2025, 2026 and 2030, respectively, the official added.
In turn, Le Viet Dung, deputy director of the Vietnam Drug Administration, announced that his entity received registration from various entities to provide vaccines against hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
These vaccines have been classified as prioritized for consideration in granting the circulation permit.
Recently, the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, issued Resolution number 98, in which he allowed the allocation of the 2023 central budget for the Ministry of Health to purchase vaccines for the expanded immunization program in all localities.
The Government assigned the Ministry of Health to guide the localities in the planning and evaluation of the demand for vaccines according to each type, as well as the necessary vaccination structure to ensure the roadmap to increase the volume of vaccines for the aforementioned program.
Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy director of the National Expanded Immunization Office of the Ministry of Health (Source:VNA)
Also, he urged to organize the purchase of vaccines at the service of the expanded immunization program in accordance with the regulations and in a thrifty, efficient, timely and safe manner.
Launched in 1981, ONIA provides immunization against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases of tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, Hib, measles, rubella, Japanese encephalitis, cholera (in high-risk areas), and typhoid (in high-risk areas).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in Vietnam it is estimated that ONIA saved 42,000 people, and helped more than 6.7 million children to prevent childhood diseases such as polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles and cough. whooping./.
2023-07-12 03:56:00
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