Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong (fourth from right), Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (fourth from left) – Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, and other members of the Vietnamese delegation at the 76th World Health Assembly. (Photo: VNA)Geneva (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Health
Nguyen Thi Lien Huong affirmed Vietnam’s appreciation of the
(WHO)’s close technical partnership with its Government, while attending the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA76) in Geneva on May 23.
In her remarks, Huong said the WHA76
takes place in coincidence with many important milestones of the World Health
Organisation (WHO), including its 75th founding anniversary.
Vietnam
has gained a number of major healthcare achievements, including the average life
expectancy raised to over 75. It has also been pressing on with reforming the
health sector to meet medical demand in the future, especially amid fast
socio-economic development and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, she noted.
Mentioning ’s recent declaration of the end to the COVID-19
pandemic as global health emergency of international concern, the Deputy Minister
said Vietnam quickly carried out a large-scale vaccination campaign in
2021 and 2022 and has ensured vaccine access nationwide.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong addresses the . (Photo: VNA)She cited statistics as showing that the country has reached
an average of 273.7 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines every 100 people,
1.6 times the global average of 170.1 and also higher than most
developed nations. The rate of people fully vaccinated with primary doses is
1.4 times while the rate of those given booster doses doubles the world’s
respective averages.
Thanks to these efforts, since the beginning of 2022, Vietnam
has shifted to a period of sustainably managing the pandemic, which
means balancing socio-economic development and public health measures to
protect vulnerable groups and the healthcare system, Huong went on.
Highlighting WHO’s close technical
partnership with the Vietnamese Government, the official added the country is proud of all
the health achievements obtained with support from WHO during the pandemic and
over the past years, and hopes to continue this partnership./.
Source: VietnamPlus
