A new strategy should be applied in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, with a focus on early treatment in HIV-positive cases, ambulatory treatment, and extending treatment services to jails and remote and poor areas, said a Health Ministry official.
Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa and Son La provinces and Laos’s Houaphan province have signed a document featuring their partnership in preventing and combating HIV/AIDS in border areas in the future.
The USAID said it has provided a grant for the Centre for the Promotion of Quality of Life (LIFE) to promote community-based approaches to HIV prevention,HIV prevention, care and treatment.
People with HIV and AIDS are expecting medical costs to soar when international health aid is cut off next year, participants at a policy dialogue said on June 27.
International Care in Vietnam has piloted a project to help sex workers re-integrate into the community over the past two years, as heard at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14.
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.
The Ministry of Health’s Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control recently released guidance on piloting the organisation of technical groups supporting HIV preventative measures and treatment.
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.
Vietnam has discovered 5,500 more people living with HIV since the
beginning of this year, according to an official of the Department of
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.
A delegation from the National Assembly and international organisations
paid a field trip to the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien
to learn about the locality’s HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
A delegation of Vietnamese health officials has visited Thailand to
learn the country’s experience in seeking financial resources and
supplies of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment.
Vietnam gained satisfactory
achievements in preventing AIDS, drug addiction and prostitution in
2009 thanks to concerted efforts by ministries, localities and
international organisations.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak on October 29 handed
over 500,000 USD to the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) to support victims of
typhoon Ketsana in four provinces of Quang Nam , Quang Ngai, Gia Lai
and Kon Tum.
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