Around 750,000 people, including drug users,
homosexuals and sex workers have received HIV prevention treatment under the
US$44-million Community Reach Programme.
The
programme's peer educators handed out free condoms and persuaded those at
high-risk to accept HIV testing. Meanwhile, Vietnamese social organisations
have provided vocational training courses to young people living with the
disease.
The
five-year programme has been implemented by Pact Vietnam – a non-governmental
organisation with funding from the United States Agency for International
Development.
The
initiative, kicked off in September 2006, concentrates on five priority
provinces, namely An Giang, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Nghe An and Quang Ninh, as well
as the four cities of Hanoi, HCM City, Haiphong and Can Tho.
It aims
to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the response by the organisations
to HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, through supporting comprehensive prevention, care,
support and treatment interventions, and creating a supportive social and
policy environment.
These
localities are the country's largest urban centres, business ports and mountain
provinces affected by cross-border drug trafficking, said PACT's HIV&Health
Advisor Pham Thanh Hang.
Around
62,000 people living with HIV, as well as their family members, have benefited
from the programme's home-based care.
It is
estimated that 4,000 people living with HIV have received antiretroviral
treatment.
VOV
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