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Vietnam among top 4 nations with best HIV/AIDS treatment quality

Vietnam is currently one of four countries offering the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany, the UK and Switzerland, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son at a recent fundraising event for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Vietnam among top 4 nations with best HIV/AIDS treatment quality ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is currently one of fourcountries offering the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany,the UK and Switzerland, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son at arecent fundraising event for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis andMalaria.

Addressing the event, co-organised by the Swedish and US embassiesin Vietnam, Son informed that the rate of HIV-infected peoplereceiving anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment with a viral load below theinhibitory threshold in Vietnam has reached 96%. This has helped to reducing community HIVinfection, he added.

Toward the goal of eradicating AIDS by 2030, Vietnam is facinga big challenge of ensuring financial sources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control,the official noted.

The health insurance fund is now paying for the treatment of nearly 170,000 people with HIV, Son said, adding that however, both the domestic sources andinternational donations have just covered some 70% of annual financial demandfor such treatment.

Vietnam among top 4 nations with best HIV/AIDS treatment quality ảnh 2At a consultation session for AIDS patients at the Nhan Ai hospital (Photo: VNA)
Since 2003, the Global Fund has offered Vietnamnon-refundable aid worth approximately 256 million USD to finance HIV/AIDSprevention and control activities./.
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