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Overview Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that is caused by a variety of infectious viruses  and noninfectious agents leading to a range of health problems, some of which can be fatal. There are five main strains of the hepatitis virus, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in important ways including modes of transmission, severity of the illness, geographical distribution and prevention methods. In particular, types B

Evaluating the efficacy and safety of health supplements (including dietary supplements, health-protecting foods, supplementary for subjects with special nutritional regimens, etc.) in Vietnam currently becomes more necessary, especially in the period when there are many health supplements with announced uses that are amplified and exceed their real effects, which can mislead users and cause disrepute for the company. An existing problem is that the majority of dietary supplements lack evidence, and research results demonstrating efficacy and clinical benefit. The announcement

25% of Vietnamese adults have high blood pressure, which is one in four adults, but few people measure it regularly, according to statistics from the National Heart Institute (NHI).   “Patients who need to go to the ICU due to cardiovascular disease confess that they have never measured their blood pressure,” Professor Nguyen Lan Viet, Vice President of the Vietnam Heart Association said at the press conference on the 18th Congress of Cardiology on October 5th. He said high blood

On October 3rd, 2022, the Ministry of Health (MOH) sent an urgent official dispatch No. 5470/BYT-DP to the Committee of provinces and cities on strengthening the prevention of monkeypox disease. Accordingly, the MOH considered that since May 2022, the monkeypox epidemic has increased continuously in both the number of cases and the number of countries/territories recording cases. On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this disease an international public health emergency. By September 26, 2022, there were

Overview Monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes a disease with symptoms similar, but less severe, to smallpox. While smallpox was eradicated in 1980, monkeypox continues to occur in countries of central and west Africa. Two distinct clade are identified: the west African clade and the Congo Basin clade, also known as the central African clade. Monkeypox is a zoonosis: a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. Cases are often found close to tropical rainforests where there are animals

The global burden of cancer is estimated with more than 20 million cases by 2030, most of them occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs account for 64% of global cancer deaths and 80% of life-years lost because of disability. In spite of this, only 5% of the global cancer resources are spent in LMICs causing a high mortality-to-income ratio. Despite the burgeoning number of clinical trials in the HICs, there are several reasons to conduct clinical trials in