185,000 doses of 5-in-1 vaccine to be distributed to 49 localities this month
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on August 15 decided to allocate 185,000 doses of the DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine to 49 cities and provinces within this month.
Like other countries around the world, routine immunisation services in Vietnam have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Institute ofHygiene and Epidemiology on August 15 decided to allocate 185,000 doses of the DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine to 49 cities and provinces within this month.
The vaccine helps protect children againstdiphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenzaetype b (Hib).
The doses are part of a batch of the vaccine funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United NationsChildren's Fund (UNICEF), which arrived in Hanoi on July 27 to serve thenational expanded immunisation programme.
Earlier, 72,300 doses were distributed to 14northern mountainous provinces, using domestic funding.
Like other countries around the world, routineimmunisation services in Vietnam have been disrupted during the COVID-19pandemic, resulting in approximately 114,000 children under one year oldmissing vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, which are used asindicators of global immunisation coverage, in 2022.
Moreover, due to the recent shortage of the 5-in-1vaccine, an estimated 300,000 Vietnamese children born in the beginning of 2023have yet to receive this essential vaccine.
WHO Representative in Vietnam Angela Pratt affirmed the organisation will continue to collaborate with UNICEF and other partners to support theVietnamese Government, ensuring that all children in every corner of thecountry receive complete and timely immunisations, both now and in thefuture./.
It can be said that the COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control in Vietnam thanks to efforts by the entire political system and people, and particularly vaccine diplomacy.
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Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Like other countries around the world, routine immunisation services in Vietnam have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: VNA) 
