Deputy PM warns against complacency in combating HIV
VOV.VN - There is no room for complacency in the fight against HIV, though the number of new carriers is showing a downward trend, has said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
Dam, who chairs the National Committee for AIDS, Drug, and Prostitution Prevention and Control, addressed a national online conference in Hanoi on December 8 to review AIDS prevention and control this year and devise tasks for next year.
“We should stay aggressive in combating HIV. We shouldn’t be lax, but patient. There are three targets called 90-90-90. 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status. 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy.
And 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression. The sustained antiretroviral therapy treatment target will be the most difficult. In addition, drugs should be eliminated and patients should receive Methadone treatment," Dam said.
On this occasion, Deputy PM Dam and other leaders pressed the buttons launching the Methadone treatment management system at methadone.vaac.gov.vn.