At the reception (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam congratulated UNAIDS Country Director Marie-Odile Emond on successfully fulfilling hertenure in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 3.
Dam said during her tenure, UNAIDS Country Director Emond was awarded with the insignia “For People’s Health”by the Health Ministry and a certificate of merit by the Department of HIV/AIDSPrevention and Control in honour of her dedication to the cause of protectingand caring for health of the Vietnamese people.
He wished that the UNAIDS and theCountry Director would continue supporting Vietnam in fulfilling goals in thefight against HIV/AIDS in the future.
Emond, for her part, said the UNAIDS has coordinatedcommon efforts of the UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS to assist Vietnam inaccomplishing HIV/AIDS prevention and control targets.
She affirmed that in any position, she will continueoffering support to Vietnam in the effort.
Over the past years, the UNAIDS hasraised funding for Vietnam, assisted Vietnam in building laws and policies suchas the Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law onHIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, the national strategy on HIV/AIDS preventionand control till 2030, among others.
It also offered technicalassistance to Vietnamese agencies to carry out new and effective policies andmeasures, towards the goal of diagnosing 90 percent of all HIV positive people,providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 90 percent of those diagnosed and achievingviral suppression for 90 percent of those treated./.
