Last week, CBOS met to discuss the status of healthcare for HIV patients with representatives from the Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life (LIFE) and local businesses, with support from USAID and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Fund (PEPFAR) in Việt Nam. … [Read more...] about Community-based organisations make significant contributions to HIV/AIDS response
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30 years of response and opportunities to end AIDS in Vietnam
- Vietnam is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to commit to realising the 90-90-90 target set by the United Nations.antiretroviral therapy, and 90 percent of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression … [Read more...] about 30 years of response and opportunities to end AIDS in Vietnam
Vietnam – bright spot in fighting HIV/AIDS
According to Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh – Deputy General Director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, after five years of Vietnam’s commitment to meeting the UN’s 90-90-90 goal in preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS, the country has achieved remarkable results.Vietnam is seen a bright spot in HIV/AIDS prevention in 2019. Its health sector has worked hard to effectively reduce the amount of HIV in the body (viral load) at an undetectable level.Vietnam is also drastically implementing a large-scale communication campaign themed "K = K", which means that people with HIV who achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load – the amount of HIV in the blood-by taking ART daily as prescribed cannot sexually transmit the virus to others. … [Read more...] about Vietnam – bright spot in fighting HIV/AIDS
The international community supports Vietnam in the fight against HIV/AIDS
The two biggest sponsors of the pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection program was The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. With their support, the program was extended fast, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. Until now there are 27 provinces/cities in Vietnam have implemented the program. … [Read more...] about The international community supports Vietnam in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Vietnam on right track to eliminate AIDS in 2030
USAID to maintain support for PrEP programme in VietnamVAAC deputy head Phan Thi Thu Huong said the agency has flexibly applied many solutions to ensure that the target group could continue to access essential health services, including PrEP in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about Vietnam on right track to eliminate AIDS in 2030