The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 10 called on domestic and foreign businesses to join the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 10 called on domestic and foreign businesses to join the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Vietnam.
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Addressing a seminar in Hanoi, MoH Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long admitted that despite Vietnam’s great efforts to prevent the spread of the three diseases, its public health campaigns still suffer from insufficient human and material resources.
He said the medical sector is moving into public-private partnerships (PPP) and urged domestic and foreign investors to express their interest in the model.
Long acknowledged the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM)’s contributions to the fight, noting it remains one of Vietnam’s biggest providers of material aid and assistance towards reducing poverty and achieving its Millennium Development Goals.
The seminar aims to improve the efficacy of healthcare PPPs and the services they deliver and brief potential partners on Vietnam’s PPP regulations and policies.
MoH statistics show HIV/AIDS infection rates are trending down in high-risk segments of the population, but warn rates of sexual transmission are rising.
Vietnam is currently 12th in the list of the 22 countries most affected by tuberculosis. A large number of TB patients have yet to be diagnosed and recorded.
The healthcare sector emphasises the importance of a united, integrated, community-level approach to preventing malaria, HIV, and TB.
Seminar attendees discussed business involvement in HIV/AIDS prevention, coordination between GFATM and private organisations, and communal healthcare initiatives.
The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Health and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
(Source:VOV)
