(VOV) – More than 300 delegates representing 32 countries are attending the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health (APCPH) in Khanh Hoa province’s Nha Trang City on November 21-22.
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Vietnam Public Health Association President Professor Le Vu Anh highlighted new reports assessing climate change’s impact on human health, saying Vietnamese authorities will continue planning and preparing for the eventualities these reports discussed.
Nguyen Huy Nga, Head of the Ministry of Health’s Medical Environment Management Department, said Vietnam will focus on identifying the areas most vulnerable to climate change and ensure those areas receive weather event and infectious disease monitoring and early warning systems as soon as possible.
Vietnam is eager to cooperate with all relevant partners to prepare for public health threats arising from climate change.
The two-day conference will hear summaries of 60 reports on 10 main issues related to climate change.
The conference’s organising board also launched the new “Vietnam Journal of Public Health”, an international English language publication covering public health news and research in Vietnam and the world.
Đăng ký: VietNam News