The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 100.6 million USD in financing to support the Vietnamese Government’s reform effort to improve health service delivery and the quality of health care providers, especially in poor, border areas (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 100.6 million USD in financing to support the Vietnamese Government’s reform effort to improve health service delivery and the quality of health care providers, especially in poor, border areas. The financing package includes an 88.6 million USD policy-based loan, which will provide budget support to the Ministry of Health as it implements complex reforms nationwide in key areas such as public investment governance, health service delivery, and health workforce quality in the local health care (LHC) system. A 12 million USD grant, meanwhile, will complement those reforms by piloting health service delivery models in 12 districts in six … [Read more...] about ADB helps Vietnam improve health care in disadvantaged areas
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Grassroots health care network expanded nationwide: minister
At the working session. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The grassroots-level health care network has been expanded nationwide, basically meeting public demand for health care, said Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien. Speaking at a working session of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs in Hanoi on August 7, Minister Tien highlighted achievements in vaccination, maternal and child health care, and the prevention of non-communicable diseases at the ward/commune level. She cited the inpatient satisfaction index towards medical check-up and treatment of 79.6 percent between September 2016 and December 2017, along with the 2016 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report announced in April 2017 which showed that the quality of hospitals, especially those at the district level, has been improved significantly and people have satisfied more with medical services. Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Hieu said … [Read more...] about Grassroots health care network expanded nationwide: minister
Minister outlines measures to improve primary health care services
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien announced a set of measures to enhance the quality of health care services at commune-level medical stations during an event on July 16. These include improving the capacity of medical workers; finding new operation methods; investing in human resources and facilities; applying information technology; designing special financial regimes; and enhancing communication work, said Tien at the opening of a training course on chronic disease care at commune-level medical stations held in Ho Chi Minh City. In the future, services for the treatment, control, and prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases – like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases – will be predominantly delivered by medical stations at ward and commune levels. A large network of ward- and commune-level medical stations have been set up across the country but the health … [Read more...] about Minister outlines measures to improve primary health care services
No new health insurance cards next year: VSI
A sample of a health insurance card. No new health insurance cards will be issued from 2019, according to Việt Nam Social Insurance. — Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — No new health insurance cards will be issued from 2019, according to Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI). Nguyễn Hoàng Phương, deputy director of the Information Technology Centre at VSI, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the VSI system would continue to update participants’ data without the need to change the card every year as in the past. The social insurance agency will renew the validity of the cards in the system and send the list to card holders’ management units, Phương said, adding that the cards provided to insurers in 2017 and 2018 will continue to be used in the following years. Individuals and organisations can look up information, such as the participation process, validity of the card and health … [Read more...] about No new health insurance cards next year: VSI
Financial mechanism needed to ensure initial health care
Speaking at a meeting of the Health Partnership Group (HPG) held by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Hanoi on May 15, Tuan said initial health care has been a priority of the entire political system and the medical sector in particular. However, like other countries worldwide, Vietnam is facing a range of challenges in ensuring the quality and effective supply of initial healthcare services, the official said. The building and reform of initial health care, towards medical coverage for all people, must go in tandem with the mobilisation of resources from social insurance, State and local budgets, official development assistance (ODA) and private capital, Tuan noted. Phan Le Hang, Deputy Director of the Health Ministry’s Planning and Finance Department, said the aging population, burdens caused by non-communicable diseases, inequality in health care and poor public awareness of disease prevention are among barriers and challenges hindering the … [Read more...] about Financial mechanism needed to ensure initial health care
Project improves health care system in Central Highlands
The second phase of a health care project is being carried out in the Central Highlands to improve health care system in the region. (Photo: VNA) Lam Dong (VNA) – A training course on hospital quality management opened for more than 100 medical staff in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 2 as part of the second phase of a health care project being carried out in the region. The event was jointly organised by the project’s management unit and the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management under the Ministry of Health. Director of the department Luong Ngoc Khue said that the project aims to support the development of health care system in the Central Highlands localities. The move is expected to meet the increasing demand for medical checkups of local residents, especially impoverished and ethnic people, making contributions to realising the millennium goals. After four years, the project has been carried out in the five provinces of … [Read more...] about Project improves health care system in Central Highlands
8,149 health insurance cards to be handed out to the poor
Hanwha Life Vietnam, in collaboration with the Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in Ho Chi Minh City, signed a cooperation agreement to donate free healthcare cards to improve living conditions and access to healthcare services for the poor. Back Jong Kook presents 8,149 health insurance cards to Tran Thanh Long, chairman of the Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in Ho Chi Minh City The VND1.4-billion ($70,500) programme will donate a total of 8,149 health insurance cards to the poor in the four provinces of Nghe An, Ca Mau, Kon Tum, and Lam Dong. At the signing ceremony, more than 4,500 health insurance cards were handed out to disadvantaged households in the central province of Nghe An. Hanwha Life Vietnam has been implementing the project for five consecutive years since 2014. Back Jong Kook, CEO cum chairman of the Members’ Council of Hanwha Life Vietnam, said: “As an insurance firm, we realise the importance of community healthcare, especially … [Read more...] about 8,149 health insurance cards to be handed out to the poor
Russia provides remote health care services to Vietnam
The signing ceremony for a strategic partnership agreement between the Russian Centre of Corporate Medicine (CCM) and Vietnam’s Dr. Binh Tele Clinic was held in Hanoi on March 5, marking a new milestone in providing management services and remote healthcare for individuals, households, and businesses in Vietnam. Under the agreement, CCM will provide services in emergency first aid, remote health care, chronic disease management, and prevention of occupational and malignant diseases to international standards. The cooperation is expected to provide high efficiency healthcare for labourers in enterprises, especially in the field of chronic disease management and prevention of malignant and occupational diseases due to toxic environments. The model also promises to make changes, particularly in the sense of "prevention rather than cure." Professor Sergey Antipov, Director General of CCM, said that the application of telemedicine technology with the help of TeleHealth Centre 24/7 … [Read more...] about Russia provides remote health care services to Vietnam
Programme provides health care to 6 million people
HÀ NỘI — A community health care programme has provided free checkups, treatment and medicines to more than 6 million people in nearly 13,500 campaigns nationwide, heard a conference held in Hà Nội on Thursday to review its outcomes. The 2014-17 programme, worth more than VNĐ1.318 trillion (US$58.5 million), is aimed at mobilising resources and the participation of society towards humanitarian health checkups and treatment in an effort to provide primary health care to at least 1 million impoverished people yearly. Deputy minister of health Nguyễn Viết Tiến said that the programme has contributed remarkably in providing primary health care services and medicines to needy people at the grassroots level, especially to the poor, disadvantaged people in island, mountainous and remote areas. “The programme, a good policy of the Party and the government, should be expanded in the country with new mechanisms to … [Read more...] about Programme provides health care to 6 million people
Vietnam increases grassroots health care services
An overview of the conference (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Health NguyenThi Kim Tien said it is a must to improve the quality and operationalefficiency of grassroots-level health care centres in order to attract morepatients. Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on December 20 to implement the pilot modelof enhancing capacity for medical centres at wards and communes, Tien said Vietnamhas a network of 11,400 infirmaries which spread nearly 99 percent of wards andcommunes nationwide.Thanks to the widespread coverage of health services, Vietnam has become one ofthe ten countries completing the millennium development goal relating maternaland child health, and successfully controlled and eliminated many dangerousdiseases, the minister said. However, she pointed to a range of limitations remaining at grassroots health careservices such as low quality, limited capacity of health workers and theshortage of medicines, among others. The health ministry has rolled … [Read more...] about Vietnam increases grassroots health care services