2013 H5N1 vaccine will be "made-in-Vietnam"

Friday, 2/10/2012

Leadership Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said the hospital will unveil H5N1 virus vaccine in humans in 2013. So far there are 2 deaths from H5N1 virus since early 2012.

Vaccines in the country need more time

According to Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien-Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said on 9/2/2012 as planned in late 2012, the hospital will be the completion of clinical trials on the third stage, then the Assembly Academy of Sciences, and the review board vaccine biologicals Ministry of Health.

Estimated TS Show "if all goes well, next year we should get the vaccine for people." He said the current show research H5N1 vaccine development in humans is currently in phase three and conducted on larger populations to test the safety, immunity and protection of the vaccine as a basis may be the Ministry of Health to put into production and use in humans.

The process of testing and this test requires a long time to ensure tight security and the highest real effectiveness of the vaccine for people, Mr. Hien said.

The risk of an outbreak of bird flu

To address many provinces appear A/H5N1 flu in poultry, can spread to people on 9/2 missions of the Ministry of Health, by the Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine Tran Thanh Duong, led to inspection and supervision of the prevention of avian influenza in humans and in the southern provinces of Soc Trang province, where the Monday deaths due to bird flu since the beginning of the year in our country.

As noted by the mission, many people still subjective to the prevention of disease, especially influenza A/H5N1. Department of Preventive Medicine recommends people should not be subjective with the initial symptoms of influenza A/H5N1 because this disease is like the regular flu season. But as the virus penetrated the lungs, it will progress quickly and heavy, very high risk of death.

To prevent A/H5N1 flu, the province needs to increase vigilance with the use of infected poultry products of unknown origin. Also vets need people to guide biosecurity measures in animal husbandry reduced infectious virus from poultry to humans, early detection of avian mortality to immediately notify local authorities promptly stop the epidemic.

Besides, when people have a high fever related to infected poultry must be to the health facility immediately detected and treated promptly. The implementation of cooked hot drink, wash your hands frequently with soap before eating is also very important measures for redundant active infection of H5N1 avian influenza virus from poultry to humans.