Training course on enhancing dengue vector control capacity for district medical staff in Binh Dinh province in 2014 (12/26/2014)

The IMPE-Quy Nhon coordinated with the provincial Centre for Preventive Medicine of Binh Dinh to organise the training course o­n enhancing Dengue Vector Control Skills for medical staff at district level in Binh Dinh province in 2014 with the purposes of updating the information and improving the quality of technical skills for entomology staff o­n dengue fever at district levels.

Scientists explain spread of chikungunya vector (01/20/2015)
The tropical disease chikungunya began twisting Western tongues in July when the first locally transmitted case was reported in Florida. Spotted in the Caribbean just last year, the disease spread explosively throughout the Americas in 2014. Chikungunya's arrival in Panama prompted Smithsonian scientists to examine how human activity spreads its mosquito vector and the serious implications this has for disease ecology everywhere.

Inauguration ceremony of new research establishment of IMPE-Quy Nhon (10/10/2014)

On 9^th October 2014, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon organised the solemn inauguration ceremony of the new research building, located at precinct 8, Nhon Phu ward, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province.

Glossary of Malaria Terms (12/26/2014)

ABER - Annual Blood Examination Rate. Calculated as (number of slides examined/population) x 100. WHO recommendation for malarious areas is that the number of slides examined per month should equal at least 1% of the population.

Top 10 Reasons to Believe Malaria Can Be Defeated in Our Lifetime (05/07/2014)

In 2008, the malaria community came together to celebrate the first World Malaria Day and redouble global efforts to fight o­ne of the world's oldest diseases, which at that time killed o­ne million children a year. The progress made in the six years since has not o­nly saved millions of lives (child deaths this year are below 500,000 for the first time in history), but given us reason to believe, this World Malaria Day, we can defeat malaria in our lifetime. Here is why:

WHO Viet Nam's future home becomes Viet Nam's first gold-rated Green Building (10/16/2014)

WHO Viet Nam's future home, The new Green o­ne UN House, nearing completion o­n Hanoi's busy Kim Ma Street, has become the first building project in Viet Nam to achieve a provisional gold Lotus rating from Viet Nam's Green Building Council.

Immunotherapeutics Summit. 29-30 January 2015. San Diego, United States (01/19/2015)
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Ethnic minorities associated with poverty and disease (07/14/2014)

There are 54 different ethnic minority groups inhabiting Vietnam. The Kinh people (or Viets) account for 85 percent of the country's total population, the others are of ethnic minority groups. Although each group has its own trait and character, the common feature of these ethnic groups is that they often live in the remote mountainous areas where come up against economical difficulties and regular occurence of epidemic diseases.

Bill Gates Gives $500 Million To Fight Malaria, Other Diseases (11/07/2014)

US philanthropist Bill Gates o­n Sunday announced he will donate over $500 million to fight malaria and other infectious diseases in the developing world, saying the Ebola outbreak is a call to action.

The 32nd Anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers (12/26/2014)

On the afternoon of 20 November 2014, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (IMPE-QN) formally celebrated the 32^nd anniversary of Vietnamese teachers' day (20 November 1982 - 20 November 2014) and start of Course 37 (2014 - 2016).

A new insect repellent is stronger than DEET and could prevent malaria (05/07/2014)

No more mosquito bites! No more fleas! No more moths! A new class of insect repellent is thousands of times more effective than DEET.

Holograms Offer Hope in Fight Against Malaria (11/07/2013)

Scientists have developed a 3D filming technique that could help inform research to stem the spread of malaria.

Treating schistosomiasis, hitting malaria (11/07/2014)

Two of the most socioeconomically devastating parasitic diseases in tropical countries - malaria and schistosomiasis - may be closely linked in their infection processes, a recent Yale study has found.

Genomes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes sequenced (12/02/2014)
Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquito species from around the world. Anopheles mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting human malaria parasites that cause an estimated 200 million cases and more than 600 thousand deaths each year. However, of the almost 500 different Anopheles species, o­nly a few dozen can carry the parasite and o­nly a handful of species are responsible for the vast majority of transmissions.

Latest international publications on intestinal parasitology (02/11/2015)
Farmer, PE and Kim, JY. Surgery and global health: a view from beyond the OR. World J Surg. 2008; 32: 533-536; Kim, JY, Farmer, P, and Porter, ME. Redefining global health-care delivery. Lancet. 2013; 382: 1060–1069; Meeks, GR and Roth, TM. Vesicovaginal and urethrovaginal fistulas. in: JA Rock, HW Jones III (Eds.) Te Linde's operative gynecology. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia; 2011: 1099-1120…

Updated research publications on zoonoses caused by viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasites (02/11/2015)
Oliveira AC, Peixoto JR, de Arruda LB, Campos MA, Gazzinelli RT, Golenbock DT, Akira S, Previato JO, Mendonca-Previato L, Nobrega A, Bellio M. 2004. Expression of functional TLR4 confers proinflammatory responsiveness to Trypanosoma cruzi glycoinositolphospholipids and higher resistance to infection with T. cruzi. J. Immunol. 173:5688–5696…

Launching event of voluntary blood donation at IMPE-Quy Nhon (07/07/2014)

The blood donation campaign always attract the participation of people, especially organizations of trade union and youth union. This activity is "a good deed" which expresses the charity and their willingness to share their blood with those in need.

The Institute Youth Union organising voluntary medical exammination and free medicine distribution for the people of Hai Giang hamlet, Nhon Hai commune, Quy Nhon city (03/28/2014)

Implementing the plan No.01/KH-DTN of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Executive Committee of IMPE-Quy Nhon o­n launching activities to respond to the "Year of Young Volunteers 2014" and saluting the establishment date of the HCMCYU 26^th March, the Youth Union (YU) of IMPE-Quy Nhon in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Quy Nhon City Police organised the voluntary medical exammination and free medicine distribution for poor people and families of preferential treatment policy at Hai Giang hamlet, Nhon Hai commune, Quy Nhon city.

Experts making maps through Google Earth to predict malaria (09/22/2014)

UC San Francisco (UCSF) is working to create an o­nline platform that health workers around the world can use to predict where malaria is likely to be transmitted using data o­n Google Earth Engine.

New way to diagnose malaria by detecting parasite (09/10/2014)

Over the past a number of decades, malaria diagnosis has changed really tiny. Following taking a blood sample from a patient, a technician smears the blood across a glass slide, stains it with a special dye, and looks under a microscope for the Plasmodium parasite, which causes the illness.

Counterfeit anti-malarial drugs could cost millions of lives (11/07/2014)

Malaria medicines that are too weak or downright fake are harming people's health and could aggravate drug resistance, says epidemiologist Paul Newton, head of antimalarial quality at the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network in Oxford, U.K., and director of the Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration in Laos.

'Pretty Good' Malaria Vaccine Moves Forward (07/31/2014)

A "pretty good" malaria vaccine is o­n track to be the first to market. It o­nly prevents infection about o­ne-quarter to o­ne-half the time, so it’s not as good as most vaccines. But for a disease like malaria, which kills 600,000 people a year, "pretty good" may be good enough. GlaxoSmithKline has applied for regulatory approval for its RTS,S vaccine.

Tapeworm found living inside a patient (12/08/2014)
A genome of a rare species of tapeworm found living inside a patient's brain has been sequenced for the first time, in research published in the open access journalGenome Biology. The study provides insights into potential drug targets within the genome for future treatments.

Researchers propose new dengue virus treatments (12/26/2014)