WHO members close to accord on tackling future pandemics, sources say
World 18:44 12/04/2025GENEVA -- Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday.
Vietnam’s health ministry orders tight control to prevent mpox
Vietnam News 19:03 19/08/2024WHO has declared the disease a public health emergency for the second time in two years
Mpox infects 199, claims 8 lives in southern Vietnam since 2023
Vietnam News 17:01 18/08/2024All eight deaths occurred in 2024
Vietnam receives 185,700 5-in-1 vaccine doses funded by WHO, UNICEF
Vietnam News 14:14 28/07/2023The shipment was provided to support the Ministry of Health in addressing low vaccination rates and a shortage of the five-in-one vaccine in the country
Vietnam finds no cases of acute hepatitis in children after WHO alert
Vietnam News 12:26 04/05/2022The WHO has received reports of at least 228 probable cases of acute hepatitis in children with unknown origins
Analysis: Is WHO's aim to vaccinate 70% of world by June still realistic?
World 15:53 28/02/2022Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by mid-2022 has been the World Health Organization's (WHO) rallying cry to end the pandemic
Vietnam among countries to receive mRNA technology transfer from WHO global hub
Vietnam News 20:47 25/02/2022Five more countries including Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Serbia will receive support from the hub
WHO recommends Eli Lilly, GSK-Vir's drugs, widening COVID-19 treatment pool
World 13:06 14/01/2022A World Health Organization (WHO) panel recommended use of two drugs by Eli Lilly, and GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology for COVID-19 patients, adding treatment options as the fast-spreading Omicron variant renders many ineffective
Repeated COVID-19 boosters not a viable strategy: WHO
World 14:41 12/01/2022WHO experts warned Tuesday that repeating booster doses of the original COVID-19 vaccines is not a viable strategy against emerging variants and called for new jabs that better protect against transmission
Germany hands over donation of 2,558,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam
Vietnam News 18:35 14/12/2021On December 10, the shipment of 2,558,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Vietnamese capital
Exclusive: EU suspends funding to WHO programs in Congo after sex scandal
World 10:08 29/10/2021The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency's handling of the sexual abuse scandal
World Health Orgnization representative on Nano Covax’s request for emergency use in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:39 30/06/2021WHO Representative in Vietnam raises opinions on the country's homegrown jab
