HIV transmission

Update news HIV transmission

HIV transmission risks high among adolescents

Vietnam has seen an increase in the number of adolescents infected with HIV, especially among homosexuals.

Free legal aid to HIV vulnerables

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will have the opportunity to receive free legal counsel, for example in employment and marriage issues, in a national pilot project kicking off soon.

Total market strategy could fill gaps in int'l HIV/AIDS funding

 VietNamNet Bridge – A conference held in Hai Phong City last week discussed the promise of a total market approach to Viet Nam's HIV prevention efforts now that foreign HIV-aid to the country will cease in 2017.

Treatment programme cuts HIV transmission rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 25-year-old mother from HCM City's Binh Thanh District was unsure about what to do when she became pregnant as she had contracted the immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from her husband, who had once been a user of recreational drugs.