Vietnam: Supplementing 05 entities given priority of access to information and education about HIV/AIDS prevention and control

16:45, 28/12/2020

On July 01, 2021, the Law on amendments to the Law on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS 2020 will officially take effect.

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According to Clause 3 Article 1 of the Law on amendments to the Law on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS 2020 of Vietnam, the 13 following entities are given priority of access to information and education about HIV/AIDS prevention and control:

- HIV-positive persons;

- Drug users;

- Prostitutes;

- People having same-sex relationship; (completely new provision)

- Transgender people; (completely new provision)

- Spouses and other family members of HIV-positive persons; spouses of the entities mentioned in Points b, c, d and dd of this Clause;

- People having sexual relationship with HIV-positive persons;

- Persons infected with sexually transmitted diseases;

- Mobile populations;

- Pregnant women;

- Convicts, persons held in detention, and persons held in custody at reform schools, correctional institutions or rehabilitation centers; (completely new provision)

- Ethnics; residents in mountainous areas, remote and isolated areas, islands, border areas, or extremely disadvantaged areas;

- Persons from 13 to under 30 years of age. (completely new provision)

View more details at the Law on amendments to the Law on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS 2020 of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2021.

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