Launching ceremony on malaria control in Bu Gia Map district, Binh Phuoc province (01/09/2013)

On December 11^th 2012, the launching ceremony o­n malaria control was held in Bu Gia Map district, Binh Phuoc province in order to propagandize and improve the understanding of the community in malaria control with the presence of the local people and officials, students from primary school, junior high schools of Dak O commune, Bu Gia Map district.

Mosquito nets could eliminate malaria: study (03/13/2013)

Malaria, the leading cause of death among children in Africa, could be eliminated if three-fourths of the population used insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), according to a new study from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).

Deputy Minister of Health visits and works with IMPE-Quy Nhon (04/01/2013)

On 14 March 2013 the Ministry of Health's (MoH) task force led by Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Thanh Long-Deputy Minister visited and worked with the IMPE-Quy Nhon. Accompanying the Deputy Minister were the leaderships and representatives of MoH's Departments of Organization & Personnel, Preventive Medicine, Health care Management, Planning & Finance, Medical Equipments & Projects and the MoH's Office.

Gio Linh district (Quang Tri province) responds World malaria Day 24 April 2013 and deploys anti-malaria campaign (05/13/2013)

The Gio Linh district health center in cooperation with the People's Committee of Vinh Truong commune had recently held a workshop o­n reviewing malaria control in the first quarter 2013, at the same time deploying anti-malaria campaign in 2013 and respoding World Malaria Day April 25 with theme: "Invest in the Future. Defeat Malaria".

Workshop on Reviewing Helminthiasis Control in the period 2006-2011 and Deploying the Workplan for the period 2012-2015 (09/30/2012)

On 17-18 August, 2012, the Workshop o­n Reviewing Helminthiasis Control in the period 2006-2011 and Deploying the Workplan for the period 2012-2015 was organized in Do Son, Hai Phong city.

Asia-Pacific nations discuss malaria in Indonesia (03/13/2013)

The fifth Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) conference took place o­n March 6 in Indonesia for members to share knowledge and experience in the issue.

Anti-malaria competition for ethnic minority in Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province (08/03/2011)

Health education and information communication in malaria control for ethnic minorities in deep-lying and remote areas has been considered an important anti-malaria measure, which helps the people to raise awareness about malaria and change their behaviour to protect themselves as well as their families as living in malaria-endemic areas.

Winning the Fight Against Malaria at All Costs (03/15/2013)

Recently, Dr. Mark Dybul, the newly appointed executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, wrote an impassioned plea in The Huffington Post, underscoring the urgency of funding disease prevention and treatment programs throughout the world.

Reduction of malaria infections in Central Vietnam in October 2012 (12/13/2012)

In the first three quarters of this year, malaria increased locally in many localities of the Central - Western Highland region, but in October 2012 malaria indexes tended to decrease though the central provinces have been entering the rainy season, which is also the malaria transmission season.

Birth Control Plugs Male Malaria Mosquitoes (08/27/2012)

A team of scientists at Yale University is working o­n a new birth-control drug for male mosquitos that could slow the malaria epidemic, a disease that sickens more than 215 million people, killing 655,000 each year.

Report on one P.ovale infection case in Binh Thuan, Vietnam (09/30/2012)

To P.ovale infection, there were 4 documented cases in US residents returning from Vietnam in 1969 (by microscope and IFA) and 3 cases recorded in 1995 (by AO and PCR). However, up to now, P.ovale infections cases that weredetected under microscopy are especially rare in Vietnam. This is o­ne P.ovale infection case which was detected by Giemsa microscopy, i.e. staining blood film with Giemsa and morphologically diagnosing under an optical microscope.

A Toenia saginata nidus found in Dak Mon commune, Dak Glei district, Kon Tum Province (05/18/2009)

Taeniasis is the infection of human intestinal parasites with the adult tapeworm of Toenia saginata or Toenia solium. The infection is acquired by eating raw or undercooked beef or pork containing the worm cysts.

Researchers Discover the Biological Mechanism of Malaria Infection (01/22/2013)

Researchers say they have discovered how the malaria parasite gains a foothold inside the human body, causing the life-threatening illness.  The finding could lead to a new treatment for malaria - using a drug that's already in clinical trials for use against another condition.

Malaria Journal (Volum 12, March & April 2013) (04/23/2013)

Prevalence of molecular markers of drug resistance in an area of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children in Senegal; Mechanisms of protective immune responses induced by the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein-based, self-assembling protein nanoparticle vaccine; Artemisinin-based combination therapy availability and use in the private sector of five AMFm phase 1 countries; etc.

The IMPE-QN celebrates and launches the patriotic movements on the occasion of the 58th Vietnam Doctors' Day (03/13/2013)

In the warm atmosphere of the first days of the Lunar year 2013, the IMPE-QN formally celebrated the 58^th Vietnam Doctors' Day (27/2/1955-27/2/2013), and launched the patriotic movements and learning, following President Ho Chi Minh's moral example in 2013.

The Institute Youth Union gives voluntary medical examination and treatment in Van Canh district, Binh Dinh province (04/12/2013)

With the consent of the Communist Party Committee and leadership of IMPE-Quy Nhon, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Youth Union (HCMCYU) Executive Committee of IMPE-Quy Nhon has drawn up the activity plan towards the 82^nd HCMCYU anniversary (26 March 1931 - 26 March 2013). O­ne of the main activities is free medical examination and treatment in difficult areas.

A New Way To Make The Most Powerful Malaria Drug (04/12/2013)

Researchers in California described Wednesday their new method for mass-producing the key ingredient for the herbal drug artemisinin, the most powerful antimalarial o­n the market. Already, the French drugmaker Sanofi is ramping up production at a plant in Italy to manufacture the ingredient and the drug.

New Malaria Drug Shows Promise in Animal Tests (03/27/2013)

ST. LOUIS, MO -- U.S. researchers have developed a new fast-acting drug against malaria that appears to avoid the problem with current medicines, which often lose their effectiveness against increasingly drug-resistant strains of malaria parasites, called Plasmodium.

Situation of Fascioliasis and intestinal parasitic diseases in first 5 months of 2011 (07/15/2011)

Entering summery season, Fascioliasis and parasitic diseases have developed more and more highly, especially in first 5 months of 2011, there were a large number of patients going to the speciality clinic for medical examination and being diagnosed with intestinal parasitic diseases, which were higher than previous periods.

Scientists develop dengue vaccine (04/15/2013)

Scientists at the Institute of Primate Research (IPR) in Nairobi have developed a vaccine against dengue fever, which will soon be ready for human trials.