How to classify supervised persons and carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam?
How to classify supervised persons and carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 3 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP stipulating as follows:
Management of supervised persons
1. After receiving a supervised person, the management facility shall collect their drug use history, HIV infection status and history of treatment using antiretroviral drugs and opioid substitution therapy to classify them.
2. Classify supervised persons and carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and control as follows:
a) Management facilities shall organize treatment using antiretroviral drugs for supervised persons with confirmed HIV infection according to regulations in Article 6 of this Decree;
b) Management facilities shall organize HIV counseling and testing for supervised persons whose HIV infection status is unknown according to regulations in Article 5 of this Decree. For supervised persons mentioned in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 9 of this Decree, their management facilities shall organize pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral drugs according to regulations in Article 7 of this Decree.
3. Requirements for management facilities:
a) Assign work suitable for the health conditions of HIV-positive supervised persons;
b) Do not divide HIV-positive supervised persons into separate groups for study, daily living, work or treatment, unless they have illnesses that require isolation as per the law;
c) Do not assign HIV-positive supervised persons to work prone to infection or cause scratches or work posing risk of transmitting HIV to other people.
4. Management facilities shall manage HIV/AIDS treatment dossiers and dossiers on pre-exposure prophylaxis using antiretroviral drugs of supervised persons.
Thus, according to the above regulations, classify supervised persons and carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and control as follows:
- Management facilities shall organize treatment using antiretroviral drugs for supervised persons with confirmed HIV infection according to regulations in Article 6 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP;
- Management facilities shall organize HIV counseling and testing for supervised persons whose HIV infection status is unknown according to regulations in Article 5 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP. For supervised persons mentioned in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 9 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP, their management facilities shall organize pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral drugs according to regulations in Article 7 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP.
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What are the methods for dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP stipulating the methods for dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control as follows:
- Via means of communications such as speakers, panels, posters, motivational paintings; films containing information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control;
- Dissemination to groups of supervised persons divided by management facilities;
- Dissemination to each supervised persons;
- Dissemination via events such as competitions about HIV/AIDS prevention and control; performances and events containing information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in celebration of events of management facilities or national month of action for HIV/AIDS prevention and control;
- Incorporating information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control into continuing education programs of management facilities;
- Distributing communicating documents and printed publications to supervised persons;
- Policies and law of the State on HIV/AIDS prevention and control shall be disseminated according to regulations in Article 21 of the 2012 Law on Legal Popularization and Education.
What is the information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to be disseminated?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 4 of Decree No. 63/2021/ND-CP, information on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to be disseminated includes:
- HIV causes and transmission routes, prevention measures for HIV infection and measures for caring and treatment of HIV-positive persons;
- Impacts of HIV/AIDS on human health and lives as well as socio - economic development;
- Rights and obligations of individuals and HIV-positive persons in HIV/AIDS prevention and control;
- Methods and services for testing, caring, supporting and treatment of HIV-positive persons;
- Intervention measures to reduce harm in HIV exposure prophylaxis;
- Prevention of discrimination against HIV-positive persons;
- Sexually transmitted infections and other healthcare contents;
- Guidelines of the Communist Party and policies and law of the State on HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
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