Vietnam Hosts Int’l Conference on Human Health, Development

An international conference aimed at raising awareness of ensuring the rights to human health and development opened in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on Oct. 26. The four-day event was co-held by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Education and Australia’s New South Wales University with the participation of 260 leading scientists and social activists worldwide. The conference includes a plenary session and supplementary meetings covering four main topics, including HIV/AIDS and other public health risks, mother and child health, and the impact of climate change and economic globalization on human health and development.