Ho Chi Minh City intensifies HIV/AIDS prevention
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have set a target of curbing the rate of people living with HIV to under 1% by 2015 and maintaining this in the following years.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan says the city will attempt to restrict new cases of HIV infection to under 0.08% by 2015, in a bid to reduce the negative influence of HIV/AIDS on the city’s socio-economic development.
It will also intensify education and publicity work to raise the community’s awareness of HIV/AIDS, while focusing on providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV carriers.
New treatment methods with low expense will be also introduced to communities to help people living with HIV easily access them.
Campaigns raising awareness of how to prevent infections from passing between pregnant women and their babies will be introduced in the hope of eradicating HIV infections in newborns.
As of 2013, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 58,000 people living with HIV and 33,200 AIDS patients. The virus has led to the death of some 9,900 people in the city.
In the 2006-2010 period, there were 6,500 new HIV cases per year, however the figure was reduced to 2,200 from 2011-1013. The number of deaths caused by AIDS also saw a downward trend every year.
It will also intensify education and publicity work to raise the community’s awareness of HIV/AIDS, while focusing on providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV carriers.
New treatment methods with low expense will be also introduced to communities to help people living with HIV easily access them.
Campaigns raising awareness of how to prevent infections from passing between pregnant women and their babies will be introduced in the hope of eradicating HIV infections in newborns.
As of 2013, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 58,000 people living with HIV and 33,200 AIDS patients. The virus has led to the death of some 9,900 people in the city.
In the 2006-2010 period, there were 6,500 new HIV cases per year, however the figure was reduced to 2,200 from 2011-1013. The number of deaths caused by AIDS also saw a downward trend every year.