Assoc Prof Dr Tran Dac Phu, head of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine DepartmentWhy does the Ministry of Health plan to replace Quinvaxem vaccine with ComBe Five? ComBe Five has the same quality and ingredients as the Quinvaxem vaccine including cellular components of whooping cough. This component leads to cheaper costs for the ComBe Five vaccine compared to other five-in-one vaccines with acellular components of whooping cough. If not, the risk of outbreaks of diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B in future will be high. So parents with the means should be encouraged to take their children to vaccine centres to get more shots outside the programme in order to protect their children from diseases.

Source: VietNamNet News April 26, 2018 08:37 UTC