Recently, the Government Office has issued a notice to the Ministry of Health to chair and coordinate with two localities, Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong, to implement the pilot treatment for addiction with Methadone.
Recently, the Government Office issued Notice No. 72 / TB-VPCP conveying the conclusions of Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong - Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug Prevention and Fight, prostitution at the evaluation meeting on the implementation of measures to reduce harms to prevent HIV transmission and research and apply some drugs to support drug detoxification.
Accordingly, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Health to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the People's Committees of Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong in implementing the pilot treatment of drug addiction (methadone) and management. , closely examine the implementation of this measure; periodically review, summarize, evaluate and withdraw experiences and report to the Prime Minister.
Methadone has been used in many countries in the treatment of drug addiction.In the photo: a drug addict is taking methadone to combat the craze under the supervision of medical staff (Photo: Exchangesupplies.org)
In addition, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Health to promote the direction of research on drugs and methods to support drug detoxification.
For some drugs to support drug detoxication, which have been granted registration numbers and permitted production and use by the Ministry of Health, they must be urgently guided to comply with regulations; Careful review of drugs that have allowed production and use (such as Cedemex, Lotus .).
If the drug is eligible, it must be publicly available and there is a specific guideline for wide circulation to support the rehabilitation at the Centers and home and community-based detoxification.
In order to prevent the spread, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to coordinate with the Ministry of Health to evaluate and statistics the number of addicts. Non-social drugs and in prisons, detention camps, detention houses and the number of people at detoxification centers reporting to the Prime Minister on May 31, 2007.
According to the statistics, the number of people infected with HIV in 2006 was 280,000, more than twice the number of infected people in 2000 was 122,000.
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