The partnership agreement signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and
Sanofi Vietnam have signed a partnership agreement to implement a training
strategy entitled “Vaccinology and Life-course Immunisation” for healthcare professionals
in Vietnam from 2023 to 2025.
Speaking at the signing ceremony last week, Nguyen Vu Trung, director of the
Pasteur Institute in HCM City, said the training programme will provide
updates on fundamental matters regarding advisory,
storage and vaccination.
This contributes to implementing knowledge without delay and improving the
prevention of infectious diseases through vaccines, Trung said.
The three-year collaboration aims to provide knowledge to 1,000 healthcare
professionals each year.
The training programme will arm medical staff with knowledge about immunology,
vaccinology and life-course immunization in order to properly advise and
vaccinate people of different ages.
It should also help raise the community’s trust in vaccination and improve
immunisation coverage rates of all ages.
It will be implemented through an online conference, which allows all medical
staff across the country to easily participate.
It will have practical topics such as vaccinology and immunology 101, vaccination
for infants and toddlers, vaccination for children and adolescents, vaccination
for adults and tourists, vaccination for moms-to-be and particular demographic
groups, safety in vaccinations, vaccine storage and handling resources, and
effective vaccine advice for all ages.
In reality, Vietnam does not officially have any recommended life-course
immunisation schedule for people in different age groups.
Life-course immunisation is not comprehensively implemented and trained for
when medical staff give vaccinations.
Immunisation coverage rates for children, adolescents and adults to people at
higher risk remain relatively low.
The in HCM City is one of the clinics under the Ministry of
Health that provides preventive and public health services that meet society’s
demands in the southern region and other assigned local areas.
is a leading firm in science research and development in the field of
vaccination./.
Source: VietnamPlus
