Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc
Dam has urged for strengthened communications on HIV/AIDS prevention and
control in the community towards eradicating the pandemic in 2030.
Addressing a conference that
sought to enhance the efficiency of cooperation among civil social organisations
in prevention and combat, the Deputy PM affirmed that HIV/AIDS fight is
among top priorities of the Government.
He stressed the need to
increase the public communications in diverse forms, including public meetings,
while building financial plans for the work, popularise methadone treatment,
and setting up more effective models of rehabilitation or drug users.
He asked for closer
coordination among agencies under the , Drug
and Prostitution Prevention and Control and social and political organisations
for the improvement of the work.
Meanwhile, President of the
Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) Dang Vu Minh noted
that over the past years, social organisations made positive contributions to the
provision of preventive services against HIV/AIDS as well as the building of capacity
for the community system.
As of September 2016, the
VUSTA project funded by the Global Fund has set up 96 community-based organisations
to provide preventive services to more than 70,000 people in 15 localities
nationwide.
In the first nine months of
this year, the VUSTA project helped 43,000 people get HIV tests, more than
21,000 of whom were found positive to HIV. It also helped more than 1,500
others access ARV treatment.
The event, which was
jointly held by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations and
the National Steering Committee on AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and
Control, aims to highlight the role of social organisations in the field, and seek
measures to strengthen the efficiency and sustainability of the community system.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
