Okay (Most cancers) Hospital and AstraZeneca Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a deal with selling analysis and growth and bettering most cancers remedy high quality in Vietnam.
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Okay (Most cancers) Hospital and AstraZeneca Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a deal with selling analysis and growth and bettering most cancers remedy high quality in Vietnam.
In accordance with GLOBOCAN 2022, an estimated 180,480 new most cancers instances and 120,184 most cancers deaths are anticipated in Vietnam. Breast most cancers, liver most cancers and lung most cancers are the main forms of most cancers, with incidence and mortality charges growing yearly. This example necessitates the acceleration of most cancers prognosis and remedy high quality enchancment efforts.
On this context, the collaboration program between AstraZeneca Vietnam and Okay Hospital will purpose to speed up the hospital’s scientific analysis and worldwide integration companies. It is going to additionally assist improve the standard of most cancers remedy for sufferers within the northern provinces and throughout the nation and aspire to make most cancers not a number one reason behind loss of life in Vietnam.
Professor Le Van Quang, Director of Okay Hospital, stated: “We extremely admire the cooperation of AstraZeneca and hope that sooner or later, the 2 organisations may have extra in depth and in-depth actions within the fields of scientific analysis, scientific analysis centre growth, coaching and worldwide cooperation, group communication, schooling and assist for most cancers sufferers. Collectively, I consider that this cooperation, constructed on a patient-centric strategy, will yield vital and lasting advantages for sufferers and contribute not solely to the development of oncology but additionally to the general growth of the Vietnamese healthcare sector.”
The collaboration will deal with the next key analysis and growth actions: Strategic collaboration in conducting scientific trials in oncology; establishing and growing a community/centre for innovation, digital transformation, analysis and software of superior applied sciences and synthetic intelligence in healthcare; and Conduct epidemiological and most cancers registry analysis.
The 2 sides may also collaborate on establishing and implementing scientific analysis, coaching and worldwide cooperation programmes, selling complete healthcare coordination programmes for most cancers sufferers and supporting sufferers in growing entry to superior remedy medication.
Together with analysis and growth actions, AstraZeneca and Okay Hospital may also prioritise selling well being fairness via plan and growing a nationwide most cancers prevention community; and co-implementing the ‘Love your Lungs’ programme to boost consciousness for early detection of lung most cancers locally.
Atul Tandon, Basic Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam, stated on the signing ceremony: “I’m deeply grateful and happy with the achievements we have now made via strategic partnership between AstraZeneca and Okay Hospital. The unwavering dedication to complete collaboration spanning prognosis – remedy – holistic take care of most cancers sufferers through the years has been constantly enhanced. It has yielded demonstrably enhanced remedy outcomes in comparison with earlier instances. Trying in direction of the longer term, I’m assured that we are going to proceed to create vital developments in most cancers remedy practices and remodel the affected person journey. Finally reaching well being fairness for everybody within the nation, fostering a more healthy and extra sustainable future for Vietnam.”/.
