Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The ,
has provided more than 170 million USD in financial
support for Vietnam’s efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention over the last two decades.
Of the amount, over 52 million USD was spent on the
national target programmes against HIV/AIDS from 2015-2017.
The figures were announced at a conference in Da Lat
city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on April 16 to discuss the
implementation of the Global Fund’s project to fight HIV/AIDS between 2018 and
2020.
Participants to the event also reviewed outcomes of the
project in recent years, shared lessons as well as ideas and successful models
of effective service delivery.
By the end of 2017, the project has provided treatment to
nearly 50,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in 30 cities and provinces and
supplied antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to all child patients, about 4,800,
nationwide. It has also given millions of injection needles and more than 70
million condoms free of charge.
Last year, the project offered methadone treatment to
approximately 24,000 HIV/AIDS patients and Tuberculosis/HIV integrated services
in 30 cities and provinces, with more than 60,000 tuberculosis patients having
got testing, accounting for 80 percent of the target.
In addition, it has supported the organisation of
training courses on Tuberculosis/HIV integrated services, HIV/AIDS care and
treatment, community-based HIV testing and distribution of medicines at wards
and communes.
The project plans to maintain and improve essential
preventive intervention services for HIV-infected people and their partners
over the next two years. It aims to reduce the number of people who get HIV
infection from drug injection by 25 percent and that through sexual intercourse
by 20 percent compared to 2015.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
