Abbott innovations changing lives, tackling Vietnam’s healthcare challenges
December 16, 2020 | 04:30 pm GMT+7
Abbott has continuously applied breakthrough innovations in nutrition, diagnostic and medical devices to medicines to help Vietnamese engage in a fuller life.
In 2020, Abbott, the inventor of the world s first HIV test, partnered with Vietnam s Ministry of Health to train healthcare professionals and technicians at various laboratories nationwide on viral load DBS testing for HIV positive patients.
Abbott innovations changing lives.
The DBS test involves the analysis of a few blood drops dried on filter paper. The process does not require refrigeration, thus boosting access to HIV patient treatment monitoring, testing and newly expanded HCV testing in remote areas, especially amid Covid-19 travel restrictions.
In 2020, Abbott, the inventor of the world s first HIV test, has partnered up with Vietnam s Ministry of Health to train healthcare professionals and technicians at various laboratories nationwide on viral load DBS testing guideline for patients carrying HIV virus.
In the past quarter-century, Abbott has been making significant contributions to Vietnamese healthcare
The DBS test, fully known as the dried blood spot test, uses a few blood drops dried on a filter paper before being shipped to a laboratory for analysis. The process does not require refrigeration, thus, helping address the access to HIV patient treatment monitoring, testing, and also the newly-expanded HCV testing in remote areas, especially in this difficult period of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic which restricts travels and transportation.
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Remake of Vietnamese classical opera play enthralls audience
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A remake of the renowned Vietnamese classical opera play ‘Son Hau’ has been performed in a public space of an old terraced building in Van Chuong alley in downtown Hanoi. The play has enthralled both senior residents and youngsters as it is a cool combination of the traditional art form and contemporary art.
No fancy stage is set up. Actors perform an excerpt in the renowned Vietnamese classical opera play ‘Son Hau’ in the middle of a public playground. Here, the mossy wall becomes the backdrop while slide and stairs make a perfect setting for the play.
The activity was jointly held by the National Traffic Safety
Committee, the
In the near future, the provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
(HCYU) will urge officials, youth union members and students to spread the
effort and play a vanguard role in blood donation movements.
On the occasion, the provincial HCYU presented certificates of
merit to nine individuals and seven collectives in honour of their contributions
to the voluntary blood donation movement./. VNA