Considering that there is currently no vaccine for preventing HIV, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service is considered an effective solution to curb the spread of the HIV/AIDS disease.
A workshop on a national campaign aiming to raise public awareness of HIV/AIDS as a communicable disease which could be prevented and controlled took place in Hanoi on August 6.
A facility providing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – PrEP for HIV prevention was inaugurated at the Hanoi Medical University Hospital at No.1 Ton That Tung Street, Hanoi, on May 22.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said in a recent statement that it will ensure that its future marketing strategy and policy will move Thailand forward as a “Quality Destination” and strongly
Various activities are underway in Hanoi to promote early HIV testing so as to achieve the 90 – 90 – 90 targets by 2020, also the theme of this year’s action month for HIV/AIDS prevention and control from November 10 to December 10.
A survey has found around 70 percent of medical staff took excessive precautionary measures while offering check-ups to HIV patients for fear of infection.
Children affected by HIV/AIDS continue to face discrimination and other challenges despite significant gains made in efforts to help them, officials said at a meeting on November 22.
Those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will have the opportunity to receive free legal counsel, for example in employment and marriage issues, in a national pilot project kicking off soon.
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.
A club for women at high risk of falling into prostitution will be set up in HCM City to apprise the women about labour laws and test them for sexually transmitted disease, a city official said.
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.
The nationwide prostitution prevention programme for 2016-2020 was launched at a conference held by the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control.
Human trafficking across Vietnam’s borders with Laos and Cambodia was reduced during a three-month crackdown from July to September last year, police reported.
The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) was chosen to receive aid from the Global Fund with total expected funds of 6.9 million USD.
The prostitution prevention has failed to meet expectation, delegates said at a conference in Hanoi on October 23 reviewing the five-year implementation of an action plan on prostitution prevention.
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