Boosting community-based communications in HIV/AIDS control
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the seminar on improving cooperation between social organizations and partners in HIV/AIDS control held in Hanoi on December 1 on the occasion of the World AIDS Day.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the seminar.
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Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Vu Duc Dam reiterated the Government's priorities to controlling HIV/AIDS.
The Deputy PM said the community based communications must be strengthened to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Deputy PM also called for efficient rehabilitation models for drug users.
According to the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office, Vietnam has reduced the number of people with HIV to below 0.3 % of the population.
In the fist half of this year, as many as 3,684 new HIV cases were detected.
In 2015, the figure was about 10,000. HIV-linked deaths also declined from 3,200 to 2,000 during the past five years.
In 2014, Vietnam was the first Asian nation to commit to the “90-90-90 target” set by the UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) to end HIV/AIDS in Vietnam by 2020.
The programme calls for 90 percent of all people living with HIV to know their HIV status, 90 percent of all people diagnosed with HIV receiving sustained antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and 90 percent of people on ARV treatment having durable viral suppression by 2020.
USAID started a programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam in the 90s.
In June, 2004, PEPFAR began providing aid for Vietnam for combating the disease. Under the Plan, USAID has coordinated with relevant bodies from Vietnam and the US to realise its goals in the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Vietnam.
As of June 2015, there were 227,114 people living with HIV,71,115 of whom had progressed to AIDS.
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