Partcipants at the launching ceremony (Source: organisation board)
HCM City (VNA) – A campaign to tackle HIV was launched in Ho ChiMinh City on May 24.
A person living with HIV taking antiretroviral (ARV) therapy daily as instructedby doctors and maintaining the condition of undetectable viral load will have no risk to transfer HIV virus to his/herpartners, read a message released at a ceremony to launch the K=K campaign.
The K=K (undetectable=incommunicable) campaign was launched by the HoChi Minh City Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, the US Centre forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Vietnam and the Vietnam Network ofPeople Living with HIV/AIDS (VNP+).
The message released at the ceremony explained how a person living withHIV taking antiretroviral (ARV) therapy daily and maintaining an undetectableviral load has no risk of transferring the HIV virus to sexual partners.
Dr. John Blandford, Principal Director of the CDC Division of GlobalHIV/AIDS, said the message brings new hope for those who are living with HIV andtheir friends and family.
With access to ARV treatment, HIV-infected people can keep their viralload to an undetectable level and can live longer. They can have children anddon’t have to worry about passing the virus to their partner, he said.
Meanwhile, discrimination against HIV-infected people will be reducedand eliminated due to higher public awareness of the low risk, said Blandford.
At the same time, Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh, Vice Director of the Departmentof HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Health, said themessage is important in making those living with HIV more confident and moreintegrated into society.
The K=K campaign runs through September 30, 2018 with various activitiessuch as providing the undetectable=incommunicable message to health staff andpeople living with HIV/AIDS, and communications targeting HIV-infected peopleon the need to strictly follow treatment plans.
The evidence-based campaign has been recognised by more than 700organisations and agencies in 75 countries worldwide.-VNA
Vietnam has successfully bidden ARV drugs with prices 15-17 percent lower than those of similar drugs in use, bringing more hopes to local HIV/AIDS patients.
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Partcipants at the launching ceremony (Source: organisation board) 
