The Hanoi People’s Committee recently appealed for support from localState agencies and organisations in fighting HIV/AIDS and assistingchildren affected directly or indirectly by HIV, a pressing issuecurrently facing the capital city.
Data shows that245 in every 100,000 people in Hanoi are HIV positive, bringing thenumber of living HIV patients to 17,766. As many as 8,102 patients haveprogressed to full-blown AIDS while 4,452 others have died, which alsoresulted in a large number of children affected by HIV.
Hanoi is now among the 20 provinces and cities with the highest ratesof HIV patients per 100,000 people, said Le Nhan Tuan – Director of theHanoi Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention.
He noted thatdespite a decline in the number of new HIV cases, the city has seen anincrease in the rate of sexually transmitted HIV from 25 percent in 2010to 36 percent last year.
Meanwhile, up to 22percent of the new HIV cases in 2014 were detected among people hailingfrom other localities. The majority were taxi motorcyclists, waiters andmassage workers with limited educational levels and highly vulnerableworking environments.
The municipal People’sCommittee will coordinate with the Ministry of Health to organise anHIV/AIDS assistance programme for patients with underprivilegedbackgrounds and children affected by the virus.
Hanoi aims to ensure access to antiretroviral (ARV) medicine for 70percent of HIV-infected adults in 2015. It also targets to curb the rateof HIV transmission within 0.3 percent by 2020.-VNA
Data shows that245 in every 100,000 people in Hanoi are HIV positive, bringing thenumber of living HIV patients to 17,766. As many as 8,102 patients haveprogressed to full-blown AIDS while 4,452 others have died, which alsoresulted in a large number of children affected by HIV.
Hanoi is now among the 20 provinces and cities with the highest ratesof HIV patients per 100,000 people, said Le Nhan Tuan – Director of theHanoi Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention.
He noted thatdespite a decline in the number of new HIV cases, the city has seen anincrease in the rate of sexually transmitted HIV from 25 percent in 2010to 36 percent last year.
Meanwhile, up to 22percent of the new HIV cases in 2014 were detected among people hailingfrom other localities. The majority were taxi motorcyclists, waiters andmassage workers with limited educational levels and highly vulnerableworking environments.
The municipal People’sCommittee will coordinate with the Ministry of Health to organise anHIV/AIDS assistance programme for patients with underprivilegedbackgrounds and children affected by the virus.
Hanoi aims to ensure access to antiretroviral (ARV) medicine for 70percent of HIV-infected adults in 2015. It also targets to curb the rateof HIV transmission within 0.3 percent by 2020.-VNA
