India helps Vietnam produce drugs to treat HIV / AIDS

Next time, through pharmaceutical manufacturing companies The Government of India will help Vietnam in the production of medicines for HIV / AIDS treatment.

Many patients will have the opportunity to access HIV / AIDS medicines after these gift giving sessions. (Photo: T.Linh) At the presentation of the HIV / AIDS treatment drug of the Indian Government to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam on July 12, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of the HIV Prevention and Control Department (Ministry of Health) said: the donation of 8,200 tablets for HIV / AIDS patients today aims to open the relationship between the Government of India and the Ministry of Health of Vietnam in coordinating the production of ARV drugs.

Currently, Vietnam has produced antiretroviral drugs for HIV / AIDS patients but is not eligible for the World Health Organization (WHO) certification.

Therefore, through pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, the Government of India will help Vietnam in the production of drugs for HIV / AIDS treatment. Currently, the number of ARV drugs produced by Vietnam is sufficient to supply over 2,000 HIV / AIDS patients while the need of patients is very large.

In order to provide adequate information on HIV / AIDS, the Vietnam Administration for HIV / AIDS has launched a website at www.vaac.gov.vn. This is a website to bring information about HIV / AIDS to organizations and individuals interested in HIV / AIDS prevention.

The website regularly updates information on HIV / AIDS in the world and in the country, serving the direction of the HIV / AIDS prevention and control of the Government, the National Committee for AIDS Prevention and Evils Prevention. drugs, prostitution as well as the Ministry of Health. The news page is available in both Vietnamese and English languages.

L.Ha