Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam has seen an increase in
the number of infected with HIV, especially among gays.
Statistics from the showed that the number of
HIV carriers aged 15-16 rose three-fold in 2019 from 2011.
Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hoang Long, Director of the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control, attributed the increase to homosexual
sex among boys and drug abuse at schools.
Among 375 patients under treatment at Children
Hospital No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City, 57 age above 15 and 226 others age 10-15.
Over the past years, the hospital has worked closely with the Partnership for Health Advancement in Vietnam, the Ho
Chi Minh City Disease Control Centre and other social organisations to hold
training courses on HIV transmission prevention and control, and partnered with
other units to offer vocational training to HIV-infected youths who left
schools./.
Source: VietnamPlus
