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International News Vietnam Reports Over 83,400 HIV CarriersSeptember 23, 2004 By August 2004, more than 83,400 HIV-positive Vietnamese were detected in 93 percent of the country's districts, the local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday. Of those cases, 13,124 progressed to AIDS, 7,455 people died of AIDS-related illnesses, and 56 percent were drug addicts. To slow the epidemic, Vietnam will spend 80 billion dong (US$5.1 million) for HIV/AIDS prevention programs this year, of which 10 billion dong (US$637,000) will be used to purchase AIDS medicines. Vietnam plans to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate among its 81 million population to below 0.3 percent by 2010 and keep the rate level after 2020. Xinhua News Agency 09.22.04  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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