Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has issued adecision approving the National Strategy on putting an end to AIDS in 2030.
The strategy aims to strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention andcontrol activities, reduce new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, eraseAIDS epidemic in 2030 and minimiseimpact of HIV/AIDS on the socio-economicdevelopment.
In 2030, the rate of high-risk people accessing HIVprevention services is expected to reach 80 percent, and that of people livingwith HIV knowing their conditions, 95 percent.
At the same time, the scheme also aims for 95 percent of HIVcarriers to receive antiretroviral (ARV) drug.Mother-to-child infection is expected to be wiped out in 2030.
Meanwhile, the HIV preventionand control capacity in the medical system at all levels will be enhanced, andthe personnel and financial resources for the work ensured.
The strategy gives 11 majorsolutions to complete the goals, including those on offering treatment and carefor people living with HIV.
The coverage of HIV/AIDStreatment services will be expanded through the offering of ARV to them rightafter they are diagnosed with the virus, and extending the treatment forpatients in prisons, reformatories and other social facilities.
Private healthcare facilitieswill be encouraged to play a role in HIV/AIDS treatment, and community-basedtreatment services also expanded.Alongside, pregnant womenwill receive HIV consultations and testing.
Besides, HIV/AIDS treatmentquality will be improved through updating latest recommendations in the field,ensuring safety and efficiency of the therapy./.
The fight against HIV/AIDS has always been a priority of Hanoi, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son said at a meeting on November 29 in response to the World AIDS Day (December 1).
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 29 for Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific Eamonn Murphy.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on December 1 in response to the National Action Month against HIV/AIDS and the World AIDS Day.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province Dang Minh Hung has directed the deployment of the action plan for 2020 of the HIV/AIDS prevention and control project funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a total cost of over 93,500 USD.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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