The Ho Chi Minh City HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Association yesterday collaborated with charity working groups to organize the 11th program of “Shared rice” at the Cultural Center of District 5 to take care of HIV/AIDS children.
Currently, cases of HIV transmission through sexual activities are increasing in Ho Chi Minh City which will be a big challenge for the southern largest city on the way to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of bringing the Covid-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B "dangerous".
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is committed to continuing support for Vietnam to put an end to these three diseases, the Fund’s Executive Director Peter Sands said on May 10.
Ho Chi Minh City is always prepared to receive high-level delegations and businesses from the United States to explore investment collaboration opportunities in the city.
Vietnam and the US have issued a Joint Leaders’ Statement on elevating the Vietnam-US ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership on the occasion of President Joseph Biden’s State visit to Vietnam from September 10-11.
A festival was organized with the aim to call on young people to support HIV prevention efforts and join hands to eliminate the stigma against people living with HIV.
More than 60,200 people living with HIV nationwide have been provided with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service over the last five years, helping to better control HIV infections in the community.
A community one-stop-shop model called DOME was officially launched on September 8 in Ho Chi Minh City, piloting the first six shops with health services for HIV prevention and treatment.
HIV/AIDS is still a burden of disease in Vietnam as it continues to have devastating health effects countrywide, with over 2,000 HIV/AIDS-related deaths a year and more than 12,000 people who newly acquired the HIV virus annually.
63 Vietnamese doctors in the Field Hospital 2.3 in Bentiu - Republic of South Sudan have just been awarded the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Medal in recognition of the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in international military and police operations such as peacekeeping.
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on February 21 thanked Vietnam for its strong support for as well as personnel contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.
Deputy Director Lam Hung Tan of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs said that the southern largest city will propose some mechanism and specific policies to attract healthcare workers for grassroots medical centers and continue mobile medical centers.
An in-person and online program themed “Living life to the fullest” marking the World AIDS Day (December 1) was organized at the HCMC’s Youth Cultural House on November 30.
The Health Ministry’s inspectorate has just issued the 2022 inspection plan for the fields of socialization, joint venture, cooperation, purchase of medical equipment and supplies, chemicals and medicines at some hospitals under the management of the ministry.
This afternoon, the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases in District 5 announced 53 staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Vietnam hopes to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to about 160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
A leader of the Center for Disease Control in Hanoi complained false knowledge about HIV/AIDS exposure in Lua Am film which is being broadcast on national television channel VTV1.
