“I draw a vaccination hero with VNVC” inspires creativity and disease prevention for children

The launching ceremony of the contest “I draw a hero to get vaccinated with VNVC” took place on the morning of October 21 at the VNVC Hoang Van Thu vaccination center (HCMC) and attracted the attention of hundreds of children. The children were given the option to draw on paper or on tablets prepared by the organizers.

With the theme of creatively drawing a hero to fight viruses and bacteria, Le Nguyen Nguyen Bao (11 years old) quickly sketched the image of a doctor fighting against the Covid-19 epidemic. He said he had contracted Covid-19 twice. Thanks to being vaccinated, when he contracted the disease, he only had mild symptoms and did not have pneumonia or cough.

“Through my painting, I want to thank the doctors and medical staff who have worked hard day and night to bring peace to the people” - Bao said it took about 3 hours to sketch at home to draw the exact image of the doctor that he remembered.

Watching her daughter Le Dinh Bao Ngoc (12 years old) compete at the launching ceremony, Ms. Kim Thanh could not help but be moved. She said that Ngoc had been eagerly preparing for the contest for the past few days. “My daughter participated in the drawing contest and both mother and daughter learned new things. The family had already vaccinated her with all types of vaccines, including booster shots. But now, thanks to the contest, we have the opportunity to learn more about each type. I will give my daughter the pneumococcal vaccine to prevent pneumonia, which she has not yet received. Hopefully, after the contest, she will be more aware of protecting her health,” Ms. Thanh shared.

I went to the hospital to get vaccinated with vnvc. I inspired creative disease prevention for children. Image 1 — Painting by Le Dinh Bao Ngoc at the launching ceremony of the contest "I draw a brave vaccination hero with VNVC". Photo: Moc Thao

The contest "I draw a vaccination hero with VNVC" is an initiative of the VNVC Vaccination System, aiming to create a playground for children who love painting to express their creative ideas about the image of a hero, a vaccine hero in the fight against infectious diseases, protecting the health and lives of children and adults.

Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Bach Thi Chinh, Medical Director of the VNVC Vaccination System, hoped that the world of painting would be a bridge, helping children express their thoughts, stimulate creativity, promote children's right to participate in social activities, raise awareness about vaccination in the community, and protect children's rights to be fully vaccinated.

According to the Organizing Committee, the competition is nationwide, the prizes are valuable, especially with the support of AI engineers, once again, VNVC affirms its position as the leading vaccination center system in the country. Not only providing safe, quality, and affordable vaccination services, loved and trusted by millions of families, VNVC also strives to carry out the mission of comprehensive health care for the physical, mental, and intellectual health of Vietnamese children, contributing with millions of families to create important foundations for Vietnamese children to integrate into the common development of the world.

Doctor Chinh said that since its inception, VNVC has determined its mission to bring equal disease prevention opportunities, helping all people have full access to new generation vaccines in the world, good quality, safe at stable prices.

I went to the hospital to get vaccinated with vnvc. I inspired creative disease prevention for children. Image 2 — Picture of medical staff fighting the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Moc Thao

The contest is part of the series of events "Year of Action for the Community Protected by Vaccines" launched by VNVC from the beginning of 2023 until now. Previously, in order to raise awareness of the value of vaccination for the community, VNVC released the publication "Vaccination for Life" which provides quite complete and comprehensive information about vaccines and vaccination; donated millions of doses of influenza, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, tetanus vaccines... to people; organized and accompanied many contests to create a spread such as "Vaccination - untold stories", "Check-in and Review of a happy and healthy summer"...

VNVC is also a pioneer in community consultation programs in Vietnam such as health seminars, online exchanges, prenatal and obstetric health consultation classes, etc., and at the same time promotes many activities with the desire to spread positive values about vaccination and vaccines to all people across the country.

The contest "I draw a brave soldier getting vaccinated with VNVC" is open to all children aged 3-16, taking place nationwide from October 18 to December 31, 2023. The theme of the contest is to creatively draw the image of a brave soldier and a hero in the fight against viruses, bacteria and infectious diseases. The organizers said that the contest has a total prize of nearly 1.5 billion VND with nearly 5,000 prizes, more than 4,000 valuable gifts and more than 3,000 free vaccines will be awarded to children. The winning authors can use the title and certificate of the contest for their personal learning and reward activities.

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