Australia donates over 490,000 vaccine doses to Vietnam
Friday, 15/12/2023 16:30 (GMT+7)
The Australian government agreed to donate 490,600 doses of ‘5 in 1’ vaccine to Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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| Delegates at the hand-over ceremony (Photo: sggp.org.vn) |
Accordingly, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health (MoH) on December 14 to hand over the DPT-HBV-Hib vaccine to prevent diseases diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and pneumonia/ meningitis caused by Hib bacteria. The vaccines were funded by the Australian Government to Vietnam.
At the ceremony, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan sincerely thanked international organizations, especially the Australian Government, for their timely assistance, adding the vaccines will be used in the National Program on Immunization for children in the coming time.
She affirmed that as soon as the vaccine is handed over, the ministry, the Expanded Immunization Program, and related agencies will quickly deliver it to localities at the earliest.
It is expected that the doses will arrive in Vietnam on the evening of December 15.
Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Duong Thi Hong said that the institute has developed a plan for the allocation of the vaccines according to the needs of localities, with mountainous and disadvantaged areas being prioritized./.
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