A methadone treatment programme for drug addicts has proved effective inreducing HIV/AIDS infections in the Red River Delta province of NamDinh.
With financial support from the government and theGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the province has establishedfour methadone treatment centres in Truc Ninh, Xuan Truong and Giao Thuydistricts and Nam Dinh city.
According to Doctor VuVan Nghia, Deputy Director of the provincial HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre,after nearly three years of implementation, the programme has alloweddrug users to improve their quality of life and reintegrate into thecommunity.
As many as 95 percent of the drug usershave started using methadone instead of drugs after six months oftreatment, which has helped reduce HIV infections and blood-transmitteddiseases among the group of people in the province, he said.
The method also eases the burden for their family and society andreduces crime, Nghia said, adding that there will be another centre inHai Hau district by the end of this year.
Nam Dinh is home to nearly 6,000 drug users, 1,000 of whom are receiving treatment in the four centres.-VNA
With financial support from the government and theGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the province has establishedfour methadone treatment centres in Truc Ninh, Xuan Truong and Giao Thuydistricts and Nam Dinh city.
According to Doctor VuVan Nghia, Deputy Director of the provincial HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre,after nearly three years of implementation, the programme has alloweddrug users to improve their quality of life and reintegrate into thecommunity.
As many as 95 percent of the drug usershave started using methadone instead of drugs after six months oftreatment, which has helped reduce HIV infections and blood-transmitteddiseases among the group of people in the province, he said.
The method also eases the burden for their family and society andreduces crime, Nghia said, adding that there will be another centre inHai Hau district by the end of this year.
Nam Dinh is home to nearly 6,000 drug users, 1,000 of whom are receiving treatment in the four centres.-VNA
