Colonel Nguyen Van Giang (centre), Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Medicine, is in Brussels for the 44th International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) World Congress. (Photo: VNA)Brussels (VNA) – Vietnam is among the 66 military
medical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels for the 44th (ICMM) World Congress held from
September 5 – 9.
The event marks the ’s 100th anniversary, the celebrations of which were postponed last year because of COVID-19.
This event provides Vietnam with an opportunity to share its
experience in the field, said Colonel Nguyen Van Giang, Deputy Director
of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Medicine, who led
the Vietnamese delegation.
It is focusing its discussions on the global pressing issues,
such as fighting epidemics, particularly COVID-19; future trends in surgery; battlefield
emergency care; infection control; nursing; and shock resuscitation, he said.
One of the presentations sparking interest at this year’s
event came from Belgium’s Queen Astrid Military Hospital. It introduced the “phage
therapy” which uses bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. It is
expected to be an alternative to antibiotics when bacteria develop resistance.
The new method can help combat the rise of antibiotic
resistance which is now viewed as a major global public health issue, said General
Pierre Neirinckx, Deputy Secretary General of the ICMM.
Founded in Brussels in 1921, the ICMM now has 119 military
medical units from different countries and territories worldwide./.
Source: VietnamPlus
