Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dang Minh
Hung has directed the deployment of the action plan for 2020 of the HIV/AIDS
prevention and control project funded by the ,
Tuberculosis and Malaria at a total cost of over 93,500 USD.
The provincial People’s Committee
said on March 10 that the plan aims to reduce HIV infections through drug injection
and sex by 25 percent and 20 percent, respectively from 2015, and expand early
diagnosis for the targeted persons and their sexual partners, helping to achieve the goal that 90 percent of all people living with HIV know their HIV
status, 90 percent of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive
sustained antiretroviral therapy, and 90 percent of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy
will have viral suppression.
Hung asked the provincial
Department of Health to follow financial management regulations as approved by
the Global Fund, and submit periodic reports to the Ministry of Health, the
government’s aid management agencies and the Global Fund.
According to the provincial
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Centre, up to 697 new HIV-infected cases were
discovered in Binh Duong in 2019, 206 of them were local residents.
Among 7,566 HIV patients detected
in Binh Duong so far, 4,463 are local residents.
The number of full-blown AIDS
patients in the province has amounted to 2,291, of them 1,868 have registered
for permanent residence in Binh Duong.
Out of 965 deaths caused by AIDS in
the province to date, 920 are local residents./.
Source: VietnamPlus