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Every year, UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with lifesaving vaccines.
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Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
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With immunization one of the most cost-effective public health interventions, UNICEF is helping Viet Nam protect children from illness and disability.
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Why should children receive 2 doses of the rota vaccine
The timing of Rota vaccination plays a critical role in protecting infants from acute diarrhoea. Giving a child full two doses of the Rota vaccine, starting at two months and completing them before six months old, ensures comprehensive protection against rotavirus-related diarrhoea during the early months of life....
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Free rota vaccine for children
Rota vaccine to prevent acute diarrhoea caused by Rotavirus is provided free of charge in the Expanded Immunisation Program of the Ministry of Health, not only protecting children from dangerous acute diarrhoea but also reducing the financial burden on parents, especially those in mountainous and disadvantaged are...
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Do children who suffered acute rotavirus diarrhoea need to get revaccinated?
Even if a child used to suffer Rotavirus diarrhoea, the risk of reinfection still exists. Rotavirus vaccine helps strengthen the immunity, prevent serious illness and protect children's health most effectively. Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of dangerous acute diarrhoea in young children. Vaccination is a...
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Rotavirus vaccine
Currently, there is no specific treatment for acute diarrhoea caused by rotavirus. Therefore, proactive prevention through oral rotavirus vaccination remains the most effective way to protect children’s health and ensure their healthy growth from the earliest stages of life. Acute diarrhoea due to rotavirus is a c...
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Australia DFAT, UN Viet Nam and UNICEF Delivers Vaccine Refrigerators to Typhoon-Affected Communes in Yen Bai province
HA NOI, April 25, 2025 , – The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), in partnership with UN Viet Nam and UNICEF, has delivered 43 vaccine refrigerators to the Yen Bai Department of Health as part of the support for commune health centers heavily affected by Typhoon No. 3 – Yagi, aiming to rest...
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Measles cases are spiking globally
Measles is a highly contagious virus. For young children, it can be deadly. In too many places, low vaccination coverage is creating opportunities for measles to spread. Over the last five years, measles outbreaks have hit over 100 countries, home to roughly three-quarters of the world’s children . But we know how...
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It takes a village
As the morning mist covers the winding mountain roads, Lan Anh sets out on an important mission. The health worker and her colleagues travel 18 kilometres to Suoi Lu hamlet, a remote village in Dien Bien province. Their scooters carry medical supplies—including a blue carrier filled with life-saving vaccines—to br...
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United States and UNICEF provide Medical Supplies to Strengthen Infectious Diseases Management in Viet Nam
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 21 June 2024, – In support of children, women and vulnerable communities, the United States Mission to Viet Nam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to strengthen Viet Nam’s capacities for managing infectious...
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Millions of children in Viet Nam protected by vaccination over 40 years, say UN agencies marking World Immunization Week
Ha Noi, 25 April 2024 -- , In Viet Nam, millions of children have been protected by immunization over the past 40 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF offices in Viet Nam as they mark World Immunization Week. The number of children dying from vaccine-preventable causes in Viet Nam has...
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Routine immunization for children in Viet Nam boosted with the arrival of 490,600 doses of DTP-HepB-Hib vaccine from Australia in partnership with UNICEF
Ha Noi, 17 th December 2023, -- In an urgent effort to safeguard children from life-threatening diseases, the Australian Embassy in Hanoi and UNICEF have successfully delivered a shipment of 490,600 doses of lifesaving DTP-HepB-HiB vaccine (or pentavalent vaccine) to Viet Nam’s most vulnerable populations. The pen...
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The Government of Japan and UNICEF support Viet Nam to strengthen the Digital Health System
Ha Noi, ,, 7 November 2023, – In support of the Government of Viet Nam’s priority to achieve digital transformation across all its work, UNICEF has teamed up with the Government of Japan to support the Ministry of Health to transform digital health information for children. The shared goal is to ensure the availa...
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Routine childhood immunization in Viet Nam boosted by arrival of WHO and UNICEF-supported pentavalent vaccines
Routine childhood immunization in Viet Nam boosted by arrival of WHO and UNICEF-supported pentavalent vaccines, HA NOI, 27 July 2023, – With the urgent goal to protect children from life-threatening diseases, WHO and UNICEF welcomed today, the shipment of lifesaving pentavalent vaccine to Viet Nam. The vaccines (185,700 doses) have been urgently provided in support to the Ministry of Health to address low vaccination rates and a shortage of the f...