VGP – The northern province of Dien Bien has successfully reduced the number of new HIV infections by around 200 – 300 cases each year since 2010.
The province has recorded 7,500 HIV-infected people since the first case is detected in 1998, stated Vice Chairman of provincial People’s Committee Pham Xuan Koi.
As many as 291 new HIV-infected cases were reported in the first ten months of 2014, a reduction of 155 cases from the same period last year.
Dien Bien Province currently has 7,528 HIV positive persons and 9,500 drug addicts officially monitored.
By 2015, the province strives to constrain HIV infected rate among high-risk group, especially those using drug injection, via providing more and better counseling and testing services while expanding the scale of methadone treatment program.
By Thuy Dung
Đăng ký: VietNam News
