VNVC vaccination system donates half a million doses of measles vaccine to fight the epidemic

Representative of VNVC Vaccination System, Master, Doctor Nghiem Tran Dung presented 500,000 doses of measles vaccine (MVVAC) to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.

On March 17 in Hanoi, immediately after the Prime Minister's urgent dispatch requesting to accelerate measles vaccination, the VNVC Vaccination System donated 500,000 doses of measles vaccine (MVVAC - Vietnam) to the Ministry of Health to urgently accelerate measles vaccination coverage nationwide, protecting public health.

Speaking at the award ceremony, MSc. Dr. Nghiem Tran Dung, representative of the VNVC Vaccination System, said that over the past 8 years, VNVC has deployed millions of doses of safe measles vaccine, protecting the health of millions of children and adults.

However, with the difficulties of vaccination after the Covid-19 pandemic, it is possible that a large number of children and adults have not been fully vaccinated in both the expanded immunization program and the service immunization program. This could also be one of the reasons why measles this year has many severe cases, complicated developments, and the risk of an epidemic outbreak like the present.

Currently, VNVC has nearly 220 vaccination centers nationwide with more than 4,000 vaccination lines. However, to create rapid vaccine coverage, coordination between the VNVC Vaccination System and the Expanded Immunization Program (EPI) of localities is essential. Therefore, as soon as the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Health to urgently accelerate vaccination, VNVC was ready to contribute and donate a large number of measles vaccines to the Ministry of Health to support localities in timely vaccination and disease prevention for the community.

“This activity not only demonstrates our social responsibility, but also our commitment to join hands to fight the epidemic and protect the health of millions of Vietnamese children and families in many different ways.

Previously, in September 2024, thousands of doctors and staff of VNVC participated in the Measles Vaccination Campaign organized by Ho Chi Minh City, contributing facilities, medical supplies, and mobilizing staff to join the City's medical forces to vaccinate against measles," shared MSc. Dr. Nghiem Tran Dung.

At the event, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, thanked the VNVC Vaccination System for its support.

“Providing a large number of vaccines in a very short time is a challenge for the Ministry of Health. In that context, the Ministry of Health has received valuable and timely support of 500,000 doses of measles vaccine from VNVC. This amount of vaccine can be delivered immediately to localities, contributing to speeding up the implementation of the measles vaccination campaign in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister,” said Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, expressing her hope that VNVC will continue to accompany the Ministry of Health in implementing vaccination work in Vietnam.

On the same day, the VNVC Vaccination System also launched the nationwide campaign "Join hands to prevent measles" to actively respond to the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Health. The campaign will have many meaningful activities to raise public awareness of measles such as online seminars and exchanges to promptly answer people's questions about measles and measles epidemics, while strengthening communication and mobilizing people to implement measures to prevent and control measles, promptly vaccinate children and adults fully and on schedule according to the instructions of the health sector.

VNVC launched the campaign "Join hands to prevent measles" nationwide to actively respond to the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Health.

In particular, VNVC has also promptly introduced policies to support people in getting measles vaccinations at low cost, paying later through an interest-free installment program with a term of up to 12 months, helping families in difficult circumstances to still be able to vaccinate their children and family members.

Dr. Bach Thi Chinh, Medical Director of the VNVC Vaccination System, said that currently nationwide, VNVC provides a full range of measles vaccines for children from 6 months old and adults, including MVVAC (Vietnam), Priorix (Belgium), MMR-II (USA). In which, MVVAC is a single measles vaccine. MMR-II and Priorix are combination vaccines that prevent 3 diseases: measles - mumps - rubella in the same injection, improving disease prevention efficiency and saving vaccination costs.

“In epidemic and high-risk areas, children vaccinated with measles vaccine from 6 months to under 9 months old are counted as measles dose 0. Children need to continue to be vaccinated with vaccines containing measles prevention components from 9 months or 12 months old according to the regular vaccination regimen,” Dr. Bach Thi Chinh added.

Doctor Chinh said that in addition to the 500,000 doses of vaccine donated to the Ministry of Health and actively participating in measles vaccination campaigns in localities, VNVC also strives to fully supply other vaccines for children and adults in the context of complicated epidemic developments such as flu vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine to prevent pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia, meningococcal group B vaccine, ACYW, dengue fever vaccine, shingles vaccine...

In particular, VNVC always strives to implement many incentive programs and financial support to help people, especially families in difficult circumstances and remote areas, have easier access to high-quality vaccines and effective disease prevention through incentive programs, "vaccinate first, pay later" programs, 100% of interest is paid by VNVC on behalf of customers.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/he-thong-tiem-chung-vnvc-tang-nua-trieu-lieu-vac-xin-soi-chong-dich.html