Vietnam posts key achievements in HIV/AIDS prevention
A total 213,097, or 85 percent of all people in Vietnam infected with HIV, were aware of their status as of September, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
85 percent of all people in Vietnam infected with HIV are aware of their status (Illustrative image - Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A total 213,097, or 85percent of all people in Vietnam infected with HIV, were aware of their status asof September, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Vietnam is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to commit to realising the90-90-90 target set by the UN.
According to the MoH’s Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, realisingthe 90-90-90 target is extremely important in preventing HIV/AIDS andeliminating it by 2030.
At present, nearly 151,000 HIV-infected people aware of their status haveundergone antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, accounting for 75 percent, while 96 percentof ARV-treated patients have had the virus suppressed.
The country is making every effort to have 95 percent of HIV carriers aware of theirstatus, 95 percent of whom are to access sustained ARV therapy and 95 percent ofsuch patients are to have the virus suppressed.
The targets are key to efforts to erase AIDS in Vietnam by2030, in accordance with the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control to 2030.
Since 2018, Vietnam has worked tirelessly to promote Undetectable=Untransmittable,or U=U (K=K in Vietnamese) - a campaign that encourages people living with HIV to undergo continualARV treatment to have their viral load suppressed and stop the virus from beingpassed on.
Reports from the MoH show that Vietnam has contained the prevalence of HIV among the general population to below0.3 percent, as targeted in the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control to 2020 with a Vision to 2030.
In the national strategy for ending AIDS by 2030, Vietnam targets bringingthe number of newly-detected infections to under 1,000 a year, while fatalitieslinked to HIV/AIDS are to be less than one per 100,000 people./.
Legislators debated amendments and supplements to the Laws on HIV/AIS Prevention and Control and on Vietnamese Workers Working Abroad under Contracts on the fourth day of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s 10th sitting held virtually on October 23.
Nearly 13,000 people living with HIV nationwide have been provided with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service over the last two years, helping to control HIV infections in the community.
The national action month on HIV/AIDS prevention and control is underway, providing an occasion for Vietnam and partners to look back on anti-HIV/AIDS achievements obtained over the last 30 years.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked localities to actively build and submit to authorities for approval plans on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to 2030, as well as solutions to ensure financing for the task.
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Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
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.
85 percent of all people in Vietnam infected with HIV are aware of their status (Illustrative image - Photo: VNA) 
