Scene at the conference (Photo: VNA)Thanh Hoa (VNA) – The
has provided funding worth 71.06 billion VND (3.03 million
USD) for HIV/AIDS prevention programmes in Thanh Hoa since August 2013, accounting
for 71 percent of the central province’s total budget for the work.
The information was released at a conference
held by the provincial People’s Committee on December 4 to review the VAAC-US.CDC,
a collaboration between the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and the
(CDC) to fight HIV/AIDS in
Vietnam.
As heard at the function, during 2013-2018,
the project has helped 63,541 people be tested for HIV, or 82 percent of total
residents taking the test. It has also assisted 12 out of 29 outpatient clinics
in providing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
Since 2016, Thanh Hoa has been among the
first five provinces nationwide receiving the VAAC-US.CDC support in realising
the 90-90-90 goal – 90 percent of local HIV carriers aware of their health
conditions, 90 percent of people diagnosed with HIV take continuous ARV therapy
and 90 percent of ARV patients have low and stable virus levels. As a result,
the province has completed the second 90-percent goal with 3,814 out of 4,128
HIV patients receiving ARV treatment, and surpassed the final 90-percent
target.
The project has helped Thanh Hoa keep the
local rate of people with HIV at below 0.12 percent, lower than the national
average.
Speaking at the conference, Paula Morgan,
Deputy Country Director of the CDC Vietnam Office, said the VAAC-US.CDC will provide
the province 4.04 billion VND (172,631 USD) in aid for 2019.
The assistance is expected to benefit
residents across 27 districts, towns and cities, she added.
Since detecting its first HIV case in 1995,
Thanh Hoa recorded more than 8,000 cases as of November 2018, with 2,000 people
dead due to the disease.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
