NDO - According to the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control (Ministry of Health), up to now, domestic financial resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control have reached about 45%.
Continue to mobilize local budget resources
In the context of international funding sources gradually decreasing, what plans has the Ministry of Health had recently to ensure resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities?
According to the Ministry of Health, in addition to continuing to mobilize international financial resources, the Ministry of Health continues to mobilize important domestic financial resources including local budgets, health insurance funds, central budgets, service fees, and mobilization of the private sector and socialized resources. Up to now, domestic financial resources have reached about 45%.
To continue increasing the proportion of domestic financial resources, the Ministry of Health continues to focus on mobilizing local budgets. The Ministry of Health is urgently completing guiding documents on the development of technical and economic norms and prices for HIV/AIDS prevention and control services as a legal framework for budget estimates from local budgets. Continue to urge and support localities that have not approved financial plans to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 to continue to submit for completion and approval.
In recent times, Vietnam has been very successful in transferring the ARV treatment program to the Health Insurance Fund. Up to now, the Health Insurance Fund has paid for up to 90% of drugs with negotiated prices. The rate of ARV treatment patients with health insurance cards has reached 96%, but up to now, there are still 5-7% of patients being treated in the private sector because they do not want their identities to be revealed.
The Ministry of Health will continue to coordinate with the Vietnam Social Security to complete the legal framework for increasing health insurance coverage and ensuring that the health insurance fund fully pays for people infected with HIV according to the rights of people with health insurance cards.
The Ministry of Health continues to improve the legal framework and incentive mechanisms for increasing private sector participation in investment in providing HIV/AIDS prevention and control services, aiming to increase the proportion of private sector investment to 10% by 2025 and 15% by 2030.
In addition, the Ministry continues to complete the price framework for HIV/AIDS prevention and control services according to updated technical and economic norms to collect fees for some HIV/AIDS prevention and control services.
UNAIDS supports Vietnam in responding to HIV/AIDS
According to Mr. Raman Hailevich, Country Director of UNAIDS Vietnam, in the coming time, UNAIDS will focus on providing policy and technical support in HIV prevention and control. UNAIDS will support the provision of evidence-based information to help develop effective HIV prevention and control policies and intervention programs.
UNAIDS' priorities in supporting the HIV response in Viet Nam focus mainly on three areas.
First, to strengthen partnerships, introduce new HIV/AIDS prevention and control initiatives to Vietnam, and increase meaningful participation of people living with HIV and people at high risk of HIV infection in the country's response to HIV.
Supporting the building and strengthening of partnerships in HIV prevention and control is a global mission of UNAIDS, aiming to ensure that stakeholders in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control work closely together because HIV is not only a medical problem but also requires a multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary approach to be able to solve it effectively.
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Mr. Raman Hailevich, UNAIDS Country Director Vietnam. |
Second, on new initiatives in HIV/AIDS prevention and control: The HIV epidemic is constantly changing, including the HIV epidemic in Vietnam, so quickly updating new initiatives and approaches in disease prevention and control can help Vietnam save resources and respond more effectively to HIV.
Over the years, UNAIDS has supported Vietnam in piloting and implementing important initiatives such as Methadone substitution treatment for opioid addiction and, most recently, the multi-day Methadone dispensing pilot, Treatment 2.0 – bringing ARVs closer to patients in the community, HIV screening by community organizations, and the pilot procurement of HIV prevention and control services by community organizations to enhance the sustainability of HIV prevention services.
The third and critically important priority area in the HIV response is to build the capacity and increase the meaningful participation of people living with HIV and people at high risk of HIV infection in the national response to HIV.
In the context of the HIV epidemic in Vietnam being concentrated in groups with high-risk behaviors for HIV infection, which are also vulnerable and stigmatized in society, the community is the one who can help find those who need HIV services the most and connect them to services to protect their health and reduce the spread of HIV.
"The community helps us implement a people-centered approach in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, and is an effective extension of the health system to achieve the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030," emphasized Mr. Raman Hailevich, Country Director of UNAIDS Vietnam.
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