The numbers of HIV carriers, AIDS patients and AIDS-related deaths in Vietnam have decreased for the eighth consecutive year in 2015 thanks to great effort in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam called for joint efforts of people from all walks of life and political and social organisations in order to eliminate the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Up to 100,000 people living with HIV nationwide are currently being treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drug as a result of the on-going effective HIV/AIDS prevention and control programme in Vietnam.
Community-based organisations working with HIV/AIDS patients have sought support from local enterprises as funds from international aid for HIV/AIDS prevention will continue to fall.
The northern mountainous province of Son La targets to keep the rate of HIV/AIDS infections in the community below 0.65 percent from 2016-2017, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
The Administration for HIV/AIDS Control under the Ministry of Health released a new handbook for the treatment and care of HIV/AIDS patients at a conference on July 31.
A 30-minute film based on real people who have HIV and face
discrimination was screened at the Adora Premium Wedding Reception and
Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on April 23, aiming to raise
public awareness about discrimination against HIV carriers.
Increasing HIV infection cases resulting from unsafe sex have become a
pressing issue in the southern region, urging the implementation of
drastic measures by local authorities, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur
Institute reported at a conference in the southern city on February
11.
The Mekong Delta city of Can
Tho has met many of its goals set for combating HIV/AIDS, particularly
in reducing the numbers of new infections, AIDs patients and deaths.
The health sector in the northern province Bac Giang has implemented a
number of HIV/AIDS prevention and control measures, with a particular
focus on interventions for high-risk groups.
More than 200 organisations and individuals donated over 3.3 billion VND
(157,100 USD) to Hanoi’s support fund for people living with HIV on
December 4 as a way to extend their assistance to the target group.
Vietnamese National Assembly deputies and representatives from
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) member parliaments discussed with
experts what they can do to strengthen the prevention and control of
HIV/AIDS at a workshop in Hanoi on November 30.
Stigmatising and discriminating against HIV/AIDS patients makes the
disease even harder to control, Director of the Ministry of Health’s
Administration of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Nguyen Hoang Long
said.
A meeting was held in Hanoi on November 30 in response to the
National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, which lasts
from November 10 to December 10 under the theme “No stigma and
discrimination against people infected with HIV/AIDS”.
The national action month for HIV/AIDS prevention and control runs
from November 10 to December 10 with a focus on non-discrimination
against HIV/AIDS patients.
The Ministry of Health launched Vietnam’s efforts to end the AIDS
epidemic by 2030 in response to UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 goals at a ceremony in
Hanoi on October 25.
Vietnam should enhance its national capacity to achieve its target to
end HIV/AIDS by 2030 independently rather than rely on international
assistance, a conference in Hanoi on September 25 concluded.
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