Seasonal influenza epidemics are annually responsible for between 3 million and 5 million cases of severe illness and between 250,000 and 500,000 deaths worldwide.

Influenza is a viral infection that attacks the respiratory system, including your nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs.

The Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance, the Community Health Research Development Institute and the HCM City Open University will organise free screening for hepatitis B and C for nearly 2,000 people, half of them, disadvantaged, in HCM City next Saturday (July 28).

Việt Nam and France will promote co-operation in scientific and medical research on HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in the coming years.

Việt Nam’s national cancer control strategy needed to address the serious problem of infectious agents, blamed for more than 20 per cent of malignancies in the world, Professor Nguyễn Chấn Hùng, chairman of Việt Nam Cancer Society, said this week.

Eight years ago, Nguyễn Thị Lành (not her real name) of HCM City was diagnosed with hepatitis B, and several months later, she became pregnant.

Doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City have performed the country’s first robotic surgery on a patient with liver cancer.

Setting targets for prevention, diagnosis and treatment and monitoring their progress are imperative as the number of hepatitis patients in Việt Nam who receive treatment is too low, according to experts.

Dr. Brian McNaull* talks about food poisoning, and more importantly, about good food hygiene that can greatly reduce the risk of food poisoning.

HCM City Department of Health will co-operate with Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance to build a pilot electronic database for surveillance of viral hepatitis in the city.

The need for multidisciplinary collaborations in the fight against viral hepatitis will be highlighted in a two-day international conference to start on July 30 at 272 Convention Centre in HCM City’s District 3.