Regional AlertHCMC needs to have policies for Immunoglobulin production June 30, 2023By MBDS Team26 June 2023. Ho Chi Minh City needs to have policies to encourage domestic pharmaceutical enterprises to carry out studies and produce Immunoglobulin, Hospitals across the country are lacking Plasma-derived Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG), which is needed for the treatment of child patients with severe hand, foot and mouth disease in the southern provinces and cities. READ MORE
Regional AlertMekong Delta records soaring cases of HFMD June 27, 2023By MBDS Team25 June 2023. Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease are soaring in provinces in the Mekong Delta; worse, the number of cases in some places has been exceeding the epidemic warning threshold. READ MORE
Regional AlertMedical experts warn of unprecedented overlapping epidemic June 27, 2023By MBDS Team22 June 2023. Medical experts warned of an unprecedented overlapping epidemic if infectious diseases are not controlled because Several infectious diseases such as hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) and dengue fever are more common during the rainy season because waterlogged and damp places provide suitable breeding environments for mosquitoes. READ MORE
Regional AlertDengue Fever Cases in Thailand Surge to a Three-Year High with an almost 500% increase in Dengue cases in 2023 compared to 2022 June 27, 2023By MBDS Team19 June 2023. Thailand is currently facing a significant upsurge in dengue fever cases, with health officials warning that the number of infections this year could reach the highest level in three years. READ MORE
Regional AlertProposal to bring Covid-19 from Class A disease to Class B approved June 24, 2023By MBDS Team20 June 2023. The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of bringing the Covid-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B “dangerous”. READ MORE
Regional AlertVietnamese-made African swine fever vaccine used in Philippines, Dominica June 24, 2023By MBDS Team16 June 2023. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam has just approved use of Vietnamese-made African swine fever vaccine in the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. READ MORE
Regional Alert1. WHO, UNICEF promise to help find vaccine source for Vietnam June 20, 2023By MBDS Team15 June 2023. The Vietnamese Minister of Health revealed press brief that WHO and UNICEF have agreed to help find vaccine source for Vietnam to solve the shortage of vaccines in the national expanded program on immunization. READ MORE
Regional AlertSoutheast Asian MPs condemn the Myanmar military’s response to Cyclone Mocha and urge support for local organizations June 20, 2023By MBDS Team14 June 2023. One month has passed since Cyclone Mocha landed and caused devastation in western Myanmar on 14 June 2023. Since then, at least 145 people and likely hundreds more have been killed with many more injured and suffering from a lack of food, clean water and shelter READ MORE
Regional AlertMedical experts warn of infectious disease outbreaks due to vaccine shortage June 20, 2023By MBDS Team13 June 2023. The national expanded program on immunization which provides free-of-charge immunization to 10 vaccines has helped to prevent childhood diseases like polio, tetanus, measles, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, pneumonia, and meningitis. READ MORE
Regional AlertH9N2 avian flu infects another child in China June 15, 2023By MBDS Team14 June 2023. China has reported another H9N2 avian flu case, which involves a 7-month-old boy from Jiangxi province. The two earlier cases involved young children from Jiangxi and the Hunan provinces. READ MORE
