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Community organisations contribute to VN’s sustainable HIV control

Community organisations contribute to Vietnam’s sustainable HIV control

Community-based organisations participating in a USAID-funded project on HIV/AIDS prevention and control have made great contributions to the work in Vietnam thanks to their new ways of doing.
Community organisations contribute to Vietnam’s sustainable HIV control ảnh 1A medical worker takes blood samples of HIV patients (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Community-based organisations participating in aUSAID-funded project on HIV/AIDS prevention and control have made greatcontributions to the work in Vietnam thanks to their new ways of doing.

The information was made at a workshop recently held by theCentre for Promotion Quality of Life (LIFE) in Ho Chi Minh City.

To raise the efficiency of the project titled “StrengtheningCommunity Connections for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in SouthernProvinces” (C-Link), LIFE and community-based organisations signed cooperationagreements with HIV/AIDS prevention and control centres in Ho Chi Minh City,Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong and Tay Ninh.

Sharing the effectiveness of working with community-basedorganisations, Director of the Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control ofthe central province of Khanh Hoa Tran Van Tin said that through specifyingtarget groups, the project has approached many high-risk patients, detected newones and encouraged them to take antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, and kept aclose watch on their treatment progress.

Without the participation of community-based organisations,the province will face difficulties in controlling HIV/AIDS, Tin affirmed.

LIFE Director Nguyen Nguyen Nhu Trang said that initiativesby community-based organisations have helped increase the rate of HIV testingand the rate of people with HIV taking ARV treatment within 3-4 years.

Timothy Liston, US Deputy Consul General in Ho Chi MinhCity, said that with the support of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDSRelief (PEPFAR), Vietnam has made great strides in HIV/AIDS prevention andcontrol in the past two decades.

He attributed the result to joint efforts of the VietnameseGovernment and community-based organisations.

He expressed his belief that with the continued support ofthe US, Vietnam will achieve the 90-90-90 goals in HIV/AIDS prevention set bythe United Nations by 2020, and completely eliminate the epidemic by 2030.

The 90-90-90 goals mean that by 2020, 90 percent ofHIV-infected people will know their infection status, 90 percent will receiveARV drugs and 90 percent of people taking ARV drugs will have durable viralsuppression.-VNA
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