Meeting on World AIDS Day held in HCM City
Over 1,000 people participated in a meeting in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on Nov. 28
in response to the World AIDS Day (Dec. 1).
Over 1,000 people participated in a meeting in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on Nov. 28
in response to the World AIDS Day (Dec. 1).
The meeting was aimed at calling on the whole society to participate in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Speaking at the event, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai informed that the number of newly-effected HIV patient in the city in the first nine months of the year was 3,036, lower than that in the same period last year (4,477cases).
By June 30, 2009, Vietnam has more than 149,000 HIV carriers and 32,400 AIDS patients still alive. HCM City is the locality with the highest number of HIV/AIDS sufferers. Drug users and prostitutes are high-risk groups, according to a report from the Health Ministry’s Anti-HIV Department./.
The meeting was aimed at calling on the whole society to participate in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Speaking at the event, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai informed that the number of newly-effected HIV patient in the city in the first nine months of the year was 3,036, lower than that in the same period last year (4,477cases).
By June 30, 2009, Vietnam has more than 149,000 HIV carriers and 32,400 AIDS patients still alive. HCM City is the locality with the highest number of HIV/AIDS sufferers. Drug users and prostitutes are high-risk groups, according to a report from the Health Ministry’s Anti-HIV Department./.
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