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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 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.
Adapted from:Back to other news for September 23, 2004 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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