Professor Le Huu Song, deputy director of the 108 Military Central Hospital, speaks at the workshop in Hanoi on September 20. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – An international training workshop organised by Military Central Hospital 108 in collaboration with the German Academic
Exchange Services (DAAD) themed “Emerging and viral
diseases” was opened in Hanoi on September 20.
Speaking at the event, Professor Le Huu Song, deputy director of Military Central Hospital 108 said that the Vietnam-Germany Centre for Medical
Research (VGcare) under Medical Central Hospital 108 was one of the
successful collaboration models between Vietnam and Germany in science,
training and education. VGcare has played a very important role in improving
our quality of service, treatment of patients as well as globalisation of our
people.
“Thus, this workshop will provide us, especially young scientists, with
knowledge for preparing necessary things to protect our people from the next
epidemic if happened. It is highly possible to appear after we experienced with
COVID-19 pandemic,” said Song.
During the four-day event, international experts from Germany, the Netherlands,
France and Congo shared the latest research outcomes and lessons leant in
diagnosing and treating emerging and re-emerging viral diseases worldwide.
Experts from Europe, Africa and Vietnam will also discuss various important
topics, including early infection management and control, emerging and
re-emerging virus prevention and public health responses. They will also share
knowledge on diagnosis, treatment and consulting on emerging and re-emerging
diseases such as COVID-19, dengue, Japanese hepatitis, and ebola.
The workshop is part of the PAN ASEAN Coalition for Epidemic and Outbreak
Preparedness (PACE-UP) project that DAAD funded. Established in 2020, the
project aims to build a network of cooperation and improve the network’s
capacity to respond rapidly to dangerous that pose a risk
of s and pandemics.
The project focuses on developing doctoral and master training modules,
providing training scholarships and training courses, and organising direct
training courses, seminars and conferences for project members.
The project has a network of 28 member countries from Europe and Africa and the
ASEAN region, including two main members: the Vietnam-Germany Medical Research
Centre under Military Central Hospital 108 and Germany’s University of
Tubingen./.
Source: VietnamPlus
