VOV.VN - The country has set a target of wiping out tuberculosis (TB) by 2034 in order to meet one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of eradicating TB as a global public health threat, said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan at a ceremony held on March 22 in Hanoi to mark World Tuberculosis Day.

The Central Lung Hospital and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on November 30 launched the upgraded Vietnam Tuberculosis (TB) information management electronic system (Vitimes).

With valuable scientific research and experience shared at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 that took place in Paris on November 15-18, Vietnam demonstrated its strong commitment to tuberculosis (TB) prevention, according to Director of the National Lung Hospital Dinh Van Luong.

VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will continue to offer support for the Vietnamese Government in order to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, with new cases being cut by 90% and deaths reduced by 95%.

VOV.VN - Due to COVID-19 challenges, Vietnam will seek to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2035 instead of 2030 as planned, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan at a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 24 to mark World Tuberculosis Day.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on February 24 adopted two resolutions on the organisation of the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the High-Level Meeting on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, which are expected to be held during the High-Level Week of the UNGA’s 78th session in September.

A team of 23 scientists from different hospitals and institutes has conducted a massive scientific research project to help control tuberculosis (TB).

VOV.VN - One of two 2022 Ho Chi Minh Scientific Prize in the area of health care has been presented to a team of 23 respiratory researchers that include three researchers from Australian universities and research institute.

Vietnam is currently one of four countries offering the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany, the UK and Switzerland, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son at a recent fundraising event for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on February 16 presented a range of equipment and vital drugs costing US$3 million to the National Lung Hospital of Vietnam in order to support the country in its diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.