Background Vietnam’s network of commune health centers (CHCs) have historically managed acute infectious diseases and implemented national disease-specific vertical programs. Vietnam has undergone an epidemiological transition towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Limited data exist on Vietnamese CHC capacity to prevent, diagnose, and treat NCDs. In this paper, we assess NCD service r...

The shortage of adequate facilities and qualified staff at district and community level means that tertiary eye care services in Viet Nam have been overburdened by high volumes of patients, not all of whom needed tertiary-level care. In Quang Nam province, an additional challenge is the mountainous terrain, which makes travel very difficult. To help reduce the pressure on tertiary centres and i...

1Nhatrang Educational College, 01 Nguyen Chanh Street, Nhatrang City, Vietnam 2Department of Mathematics, University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 3Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Natural Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh Ci...

Phylogenetic analysis of influenza subtype H5N1 viruses isolated from Vietnam during 2005-2007 shows that multiple sublineages are present in Vietnam. Clade 2.3.4 viruses have replaced clade 1 viruses in northern Vietnam, and clade 1 viruses have been detected in southern Vietnam. Reassortment between these 2 sublineages has also occurred.

This chapter defines and implements a non-Bayesian fusion rule for combining densities of probabilities, derived from imprecise knowledge. This rule is the restriction to a strict probabilistic paradigm of the Proportional Conflict Redistribution rule no 6 (PCR6) developed in the DSmT framework for fusing basic belief assignments. A sampling method for probabilistic PCR6 (p-PCR6) is defined. It...

OBJECTIVE To estimate and analyse the costs for providing the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) in a rural community in the north of Viet Nam in 2005. METHODS An ingredient approach was used to collect cost data from the perspective of the service providers. FINDINGS The total annual cost of EPI in Bavi district was US$58,460 [purchasing power parity (PPP) 282,076]. Vaccines and supp...

In order to determine whether Agent Orange exposure was associated with increased frequency of medical problems, we conducted a cross-sectional epidemiologic study of Korean veterans during 1995-1996. 1,224 Vietnam and 154 non-Vietnam veterans were included in the study. Exposure to Agent Orange was assessed by structured in-depth interview on the participants' history of service in Vietnam. He...

Department of Oncology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vietnam National University School of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Department of Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan Department of Medical Biotechnology, Biotechn...

Centre of Pharmaceutical Research-Training, Vietnam Military Medical University, 160 Phung Hung, Hadong, Hanoi, Vietnam College of Pharmacy, Catholic University of Daegu, Gyeongbuk 712-702, Korea. E-mail: bsmin@cu.ac.kr Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam Deparment of Pharmacognosy, Hanoi University of P...