Community-based communications to eradicate HIV/AIDS
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has reiterated the government priority to controlling HIV/AIDS in a meeting to improve cooperation between social organizations and partners.
In his speech on December 1, the Deputy PM said community based communications must be boosted to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.
He also called for efficient rehabilitation models for drug users.
The Ministry of Health hosted an event aimed at finding solutions to enhance the community activities’ performance and sustainability in HIV/AIDS control.
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.
As of June 2015, there were 227,114 people living with HIV,71,115 of whom had progressed to AIDS.