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"David Ephraim" [ profile ] |
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Re: [GYCA-AsiaPacific] Vietnamese Government Issues Documents To Increase Access to HIV Care, Treatment; Increases Spending on Prevention, Treatment Efforts
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Jul 10th, 2007 - 23:42:14 |
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Hi all,
I am David Ephraim from Papua New Guinea, I have been selected to be one of
the Youth Rapporteurs for Asia Pacific International Congress on AIDS in
Colombo Sri Linka this coming August. I would like to know if some of our
members are heading that way.
I would be more than happy to meet you there.
David Ephraim
On 11 Jul 2007 03:39:53 -0000, Hien Dao wrote:
>
> The Vietnamese government has issued a series of documents aimed at
> increasing access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the country in an
> effort
> to keep the country's HIV prevalence below 0.27% in 2007, the Vietnam News
> Agency reports.
> Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently ordered health clinics,
> social welfare facilities, rehabilitation centers and prisons to provide
> medical check-ups, counseling, care and treatment to HIV-positive people,
> as
> well as funerals for people in their care who die of AIDS-related causes.
>
> In addition, Nguyen recently signed a decree to regulate the
> implementation
> of several provisions in the country's Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and
> Anti-Infection. According to the Vietnam News Agency, the decree outlines
> measures to reduce HIV prevalence and the impact of the virus, including
> increasing access to antiretroviral drugs. The decree also addresses care
> for HIV-positive children who have been abandoned and displaced
> HIV-positive
> people, as well as the establishment of private centers to care for people
> living with HIV/AIDS.
>
> In addition, the government announced it will increase spending on
> HIV/AIDS
> services to 440 billion Vietnamese dong, or about $28 million, from 80
> billion dong, or about $5 million, in 2006. According to the Vietnam
> Department for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Fight, the country spent 80 billion
> dong, or $5 million, annually on prevention and treatment efforts from
> 2004
> to 2006 and 45 billion dong, or about $2.8 million, annually from 1995 to
> 1999. According to the U.N. Millennium Development
> Goalsfor the country, HIV
> prevalence should remain below
> 0.3% beginning in 2010, the Vietnam News Agency reports (Vietnam News
> Agency,
> 7/5).
>
> www.kaisernetwork.org
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> Dao Thi Thu Hien
> National Focal Point
> Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
> Hanoi, Vietnam
> www.youthaidscoalition.org
> hien (at) youthaidscoalition.org
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