National Action Month on HIV/AIDs Prevention and Control 2023 to be launched

The National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2023 will be held from November 10 to December 10. (Source: Internet)

The National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2023 will be held from November 10 to December 10 with a wide range of activities, aiming to mobilise the involvement of leaders, policy makers, service providers and the community in HIV/AIDS prevention and control as well as increase support for people living with HIV.

Speaking at a press conference held in Hanoi on November 9 on the occasion of World AIDS Day (December 1) and National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2023, Vo Hai Son, Deputy Head of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) under the Ministry of Health, said that during the month, seminars, running events, music galas and drawing contests will be organized to raise people’s awareness on the disease.

Eric Dziuban, Vietnam Country Director of US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said that Vietnam is one of the leading countries in terms of public health response. Vietnam's lessons have been learned and implemented by other countries.

According to Bui Hoang Duc from VAAC, 10,219 new HIV infections were detected in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2023 and 1,126 people had died.

He added that in the first nine months of 2023, 177,009 HIV carriers received antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, meeting 80% of the designed target and the number of people receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment surpassed the target./.