A national action month for HIV/AIDS prevention and control was launched innorthern Bac Ninh province on Nov. 8.
Addressing the launching ceremony,Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan affirmed that the HIV/AIDS pandemic is onthe increase and has not been put under control in Vietnam .
Vietnamwill have almost 300,000 HIV carriers by 2010 and the nation will focus on howto help all needy people regardless of sex, social position and religion haveaccess to HIV/AIDS treatment, care and preventive services, she added.
To keep its commitment and determine to preventing AIDS, Vice PresidentDoan asked leaders of all branches and mass organisations from central to locallevels, social organisations and all walks of life to raise their awareness andbehaviours and increase assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and opposediscrimination against HIV/AIDS victims.
For his part, Health MinisterNguyen Quoc Trieu said that the expansion and the increase of the quality of theHIV/AIDS treatment, assistance, care and preventive measures have facilitatedpeople access the service.
However, people’s knowledge on the pandemicand the discrimination against HIV sufferers and the service network in remoteareas remain limited, he noted. “This is the barrier that we need to overcome toachieve the target to access universalisation in 2010,” he said./.
Addressing the launching ceremony,Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan affirmed that the HIV/AIDS pandemic is onthe increase and has not been put under control in Vietnam .
Vietnamwill have almost 300,000 HIV carriers by 2010 and the nation will focus on howto help all needy people regardless of sex, social position and religion haveaccess to HIV/AIDS treatment, care and preventive services, she added.
To keep its commitment and determine to preventing AIDS, Vice PresidentDoan asked leaders of all branches and mass organisations from central to locallevels, social organisations and all walks of life to raise their awareness andbehaviours and increase assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and opposediscrimination against HIV/AIDS victims.
For his part, Health MinisterNguyen Quoc Trieu said that the expansion and the increase of the quality of theHIV/AIDS treatment, assistance, care and preventive measures have facilitatedpeople access the service.
However, people’s knowledge on the pandemicand the discrimination against HIV sufferers and the service network in remoteareas remain limited, he noted. “This is the barrier that we need to overcome toachieve the target to access universalisation in 2010,” he said./.
