Da Nang observes World AIDS Day
Nearly 2,500 people, including representatives from ministries, departments, international organisations and local residents, attended a meeting in the central city of Da Nang on November 27 to call for non-discrimination against those living with HIV/AIDS.
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Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long highlighted the significant achievements Vietnam has made in HIV/AIDS prevention and control over the past 26 years.
The year 2016 marked the nine consecutive year Vietnam witnessed the reduction in the numbers of new HIV infections, cases of HIV developing into full-blown AIDS, and AIDS-related fatalities, Long said.
Vietnam has carried out comprehensive and effective measures to combat HIV/AIDS while focusing to care, support and cure people living with HIV/AIDS, he reiterated.
Vietnam has actively responded to the 90-90-90 goals set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UN AIDS), that ensure at least 90 percent of all people with HIV will know their status, and that 90 percent of people diagnosed with HIV will receive sustained antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and, 90 percent of all people receiving ARV therapy will be diagnosed with viral suppression.
