1. DECISION OF VIET NAM MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALLOWING RESEARCH ON VENOMOUS SNAKES, MANUFACTURING ANTI-VENOMS & CLINICAL APPLICATIONS Venomous snakes and snakebite victims are typical tropical diseases in developing agricultural countries like Vietnam, where every year there are up to 30,000 (Thirty thousand) envenomed victims. However, this pathology has been forgotten. As a result, snakebite…
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Kiem Trinh1Sung, Wang-Chou2 1. Vietnam Institute on Toxicology (VIT), Email: trinhkiem0211@gmail.com 2. Taiwan National Health Research Institute, Email: sung23@nhri.edu.tw I. INTRODUCTION 1) The ecological characteristics of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are very favorable for the development of venomous snakes. Vietnam (VN) is an agricultural and tropical country with a population of 97.261.435 people (United Nations…
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According to the conclusion of the World Health Organization, Vietnam’s HTKNR meets international standards and is successfully applied clinically. In particular, the price is much cheaper, only 1/20 compared to HTKNR produced in other countries. “No matter when a poisonous snake bites, a patient is hospitalized as long as their heart has not stopped beating,…
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IVAC is the only unit in Vietnam that produces antivenom serum for cobras and bamboo vipers; Other serums must be imported, so they are often scarce or unavailable. The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) in Nha Trang invests in a horse farm to prepare anti-snake venom serum. Over the past 10 years, this…