National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung asked for the UN’s further support to help Vietnam eliminate AIDS pandemic by 2030 while receiving Michel Sidibé, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), in Hanoi on October 25.
The NA Chairman praised the UNAIDS’s efforts to build HIV/AIDS prevention strategies at global level and expressed his gratitude for its assistance to Vietnam’s fight against the disease.
As the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Combat was put in place, an important legal foundation was created, helping ensure people’s equal access to social welfare, as well as HIV/AIDS preventive services and treatment, he stated.
He went on to say that the country is utilising available resources to speed up its combat against HIV/AIDS and support people with HIV/AIDS.
Michel Sidibé applauded Vietnam for being the first announcing the implementation of the 90-90-90 target, which includes increasing to 90 percent the proportion of people living with HIV who know their diagnosis, increasing to 90 percent the proportion of people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment, and increasing to 90 percent the proportion of people on HIV treatment who have an undetectable viral load.
He expressed his belief that with the adopted Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Combat, Vietnam will reap more fruits in this fight.-VNA
