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- Title
HIV/AIDS Epidemics in Vietnam: Evolution and Responses.
- Authors
Nguyen Tran Hien; Nguyen Thanh Long; Trinh Quan Huan
- Abstract
The article focuses on the evolution of the HIV epidemic in Vietnam and its responses. HIV testing was started in Vietnam in 1988 in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nag and Ho Chi Minh City. Now all provinces in Vietnam are equipped for agglutination tests and 41 provinces were also provided with ELISA equipment. All health workers have been trained in laboratory techniques for HIV detection. HIV testing is mandatory for incarcerated injection drug users (IDU) and female sex workers (FSW), blood donors, and prisoners; for others, testing is voluntary. Blood samples are collected in rehabilitation centers for IDUs and FSWs and in public sexually transmitted disease clinics.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; AIDS; HIV infections; AGGLUTINATION tests; SERODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay
- Publication
AIDS Education & Prevention, 2004, Vol 16, p137
- ISSN
0899-9546
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/aeap.16.3.5.137.35527