Pre-marriage blood testing can stop inherited blood disorder

Nguyễn Lan Anh (not her real name) and her husband had to make a hard choice during her pregnancy: giving birth to the baby or not.

New technique shortens virus detection time

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) today announced it would officially apply nucleic acid testing (NAT) in the blood screening process.

NAT technique shortens virus detection time Using nucleic acid testing (NAT) in blood screening helped to reduce the risk of HIV and hepatitus infections, and enhance blood safety, according to Doctor Phu Chi Dung, director of the HCM City Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital.

Families resistant to infant blood screening The practice of screening newborns' blood for congenital diseases is meeting fierce opposition from families, said Ta Quang Huy, director of the Ha Noi Department of Population and Family Planning.

World Bank AIDS project to kick off A five-year, US$38.5 million HIV/AIDS prevention project will kick off in June with a goal of keeping the infection rate below 0.3 per cent of the population in Viet Nam.