11 January 2025. A 28 years old man from southeast Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province died of H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming the first death in 2025, the Ministry of Health said in a press statement.

6 January 2025. The Food Safety Authority has implemented enhanced measures to ensure food safety during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in Vietnam.

2 January 2025. China is facing a new virus outbreak, with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) spreading rapidly, causing flu-like and COVID-19-like symptoms.

23 December 2024. The Ministry of Health (MoH), Cambodia issued a warning about a notable resurgence of measles, reporting at least 375 confirmed cases in 2024.

23 December 2024. The Public Health Ministry set up the forward emergency operations centre (EOC) in Tak province to monitor and minimise the impact from a cholera outbreak across the border in Myanmar

20 December 2024. The report, from the Center of Information and Education for Health under the Lao Ministry of Health, noted that the National AIDS Committee meeting was held recently to review efforts to achieve the United Nations’ 95-95-95 targets by 2025.

11 December 2024. China has reported two more human H9N2 avian flu cases, which involve children in two different provinces. Both patients are 1-year-old girls. The first, from Guizhou province in southern China, became ill on October 28. The other, from neighboring Guangxi province, became ill on November 18.

3 December 2024. Measles cases are continuing to rise, with an increase in the number of young adults catching the infection.

7 November 2024. In an effort to resolutely prevent the outbreak of African Swine Fever, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has issued a directive mandating the implementation of rigorous and synchronized measures to control the African Swine Fever.

1 November 2024. The Ministry of Health, Cambodia launched a nationwide measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign to protect over 1.5 million children aged 9 to 59 months (under 5 years old). This campaign, led by the Ministry, received financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and…

24 October 2024. The influenza A/(H1N1) pdm09 virus strains killed a man in the Central Province of Binh Dinh, announced by the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.https://en.sggp.org.vn/influenza-ah1n1-pdm09-virus-strains-kills-vietnamese-man-post113325.html

21 August 2024. The Ministry of Health, Cambodia issued a press release on the night of August 20 regarding another bird flu death in a 15-year-old girl. It confirmed the H5N1 bird flu virus positive from the National Institutes of Public Health and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge.

20 August 2024. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Quang Binh Province, Vietnam reported a death by dengue fever in a nine-month-old child. According to the Quang Binh Provincial Center for Disease Control, this is the third dengue-related death recorded since 2020.

13 August 2024. The Bai Chay Hospital in the Northern province of Quang Ninh has just said that its doctors and medical staff are actively treating four cases suffering from Whitmore’s disease, also known as melioidosis.

25 July 2024. The Ministry of Health, Cambodia issued a warning following a mushroom poisoning incident in Ratanakiri province, where 17 individuals were hospitalised.

22 July 2024. The Quang Ngai Provincial Department of Health held a meeting with hospitals and relevant units to discuss the two cases that tested positive for pertussis and preventive measures against the disease.

10 July 2024. Ha Tinh Provincial Center for Disease Control has been conducting epidemiological investigations right after Ha Tinh Provincial General Hospital received a suspect case for diphtheria with symptoms of sore throat, neck pain and itchy eyes.

8 July 2024. The health authorities in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam have confirmed one case of diphtheria in a female worker who contracted the disease from another patient in Nghe An Province who has since died.

7 July 2024. One more Japanese encephalitis (JE) case was recorded in the Central Province of Dak Lak, said the provincial Center for Disease Control. Therefore, as of July 7, 2024, there have been two confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis in Dak Lak Province. The latest identified case is a 52-year-old man from Ea Kar…

5 July 2024. Laos saw a decline in dengue fever cases in the first six months of 2024, compared to the corresponding period of 2023. From January to June 2024, Laos recorded 5,192 cases of dengue fever and the virus has caused three deaths.