VNVC is the key player in the campaign to accelerate measles vaccine coverage for children in Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition to achieving the target of vaccine coverage, VNVC pays special attention to ensuring safe vaccination and high disease prevention efficiency.

Many parents brought their children to 39 VNVC vaccination center in Ho Chi Minh City to get free measles vaccine this morning 16/9.

From 16/9, children from 1-10 years old who have not been vaccinated against measles or have not received two doses of the vaccine 39 VNVC vaccination centers in Ho Chi Minh City will be vaccinated against measles for free but still enjoy the full, safe and professional vaccination service of VNVC.

According to 16/9's morning report, many parents took advantage of the time to bring their children to VNVC vaccination centers in the area to get the measles vaccine.

VNVC also commits to be ready to support facilities and materials. medical, mobilized the team to join the city in preventing measles. VNVC's activities demonstrate social responsibility, joining hands with the whole country to repel the epidemic, protecting the health of millions of people.

To ensure a safe source of vaccines for the campaign, Ms. Ngo Thi Tuyet Suong, Director of Quality Management of the VNVC vaccination system, said: VNVC has sent specialized refrigerated trucks to transport vaccines that meet GSP standards to district health centers to receive measles vaccines distributed by the city.

VNVC uses refrigerated trucks to transport vaccines that meet GSP standards to receive vaccine sources from district and county health centers to ensure vaccine quality and safety for vaccinated children.

“During the entire transportation journey, the vaccine is also strictly controlled by the quality management and logistics team from the time the vaccine is delivered to the specialized cold storage at the centers, and this is only the first safe stage of the vaccine.

Vaccines that are not transported and stored safely according to GSP standards will not ensure quality, will not create protective effects, not to mention affecting the safety and health of children, wasting efforts to implement the campaign," said Ms. Suong.

Doctor Bach Thi Chinh, Medical Director of VNVC vaccination system said: With the strength of being the largest vaccination service center system in the city with 39 centers, nearly 2.000 doctors, nurses, medical staff, and a service capacity of up to tens of thousands of injections per day; VNVC can also organize hundreds of mobile vaccination teams to schools and residential areas with the highest safety vaccination process.

VNVC conducts mobile vaccination at schools with a strict quality management and supervision team like at the VNVC center.

Since its establishment, VNVC has standardized and unified the quality of vaccination expertise at all centers nationwide to ensure safe and quality vaccination.

Along with the refrigerated truck system, VNVC is a pioneer in building and developing a large, high-quality vaccine cold storage network, with general cold storages in the three regions of North, Central and South, hundreds of central cold storages, refrigerated transport trucks, and specialized vaccine storage cabinets - all of which are recognized as meeting international GSP standards.

VNVC's system can simultaneously store up to 400 million doses of vaccine at a standard temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius, meeting the vaccination needs of tens of millions of customers and has the ability to store large quantities of all types of vaccines.

In addition to ensuring the quality of vaccine sources, VNVC focuses on training to improve the expertise of medical staff. 100% of doctors and nurses at VNC have safety certificates issued by the Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health grant.

100% of vaccination centers have full functional rooms, rooms for handling post-vaccination reactions, along with full medicine and emergency equipment such as anti-shock boxes, oxygen tanks, and a team that is regularly trained in first aid skills.

VNVC has invested heavily in a system of four general warehouses, nearly 200 cold storage warehouses for preserving vaccines that meet GSP standards according to international standards, and strict quality control and monitoring systems.

According to VNVC, since Ho Chi Minh City announced the measles epidemic and many localities recorded many cases, the number of adults and children increased vaccination. measles vaccine.

From 1 to 14/9, in Ho Chi Minh City alone, the number of vaccinations increased 300% compared to the same period last month. From 1/9 to now, VNVC has safely vaccinated more than 30.000 doses of measles vaccines to protect the health of children in Ho Chi Minh City.

Doctor Chinh said that currently, the system of nearly 200 vaccination centers nationwide and 39 centers in Ho Chi Minh City have all types of vaccines to prevent measles as well as other dangerous diseases in children and adults.

VNVC also has a combination vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella, including Priorix (Belgium) and MMR II (USA), which increases the effectiveness of preventing many diseases in one injection and saves costs, reducing the number of vaccinations. These vaccines can be given to children from 9 months of age and adults.

The vaccine used in the campaign is the measles-rubella vaccine (MRVAC) produced in Vietnam, the vaccine source is from the city budget and the Ministry of Health. The vaccination target is all children from 1-10 years old who have not received two doses of measles vaccine or have unknown vaccination history living in Ho Chi Minh City.