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Vietnam: 7 persons shall be informed with positive HIV test results

10:13, 05/09/2009

A positive HIV test result is a particularly sensitive result that should be kept confidential to avoid causing harm to the tested person. Positive HIV test results shall only be informed to the following persons:

- Tested persons;

- Spouses of tested persons, parents or guardians of tested persons who are minor or have lost their civil act capacity;

- Staff members who are assigned to directly provide counseling and inform HIV positive test results to tested persons;

- Persons who are responsible for providing care and treatment for HIV-infected people at medical establishments, including heads of medical departments or wards or chief convalescence workers at the establishments where the HIV-infected people are being treated, health workers in medical establishments who are assigned to directly provide treatment and care for HIV-infected people;

- Directors, medical officers and staff members who are assigned to directly take care of HIV-infected people kept in medical treatment establishments, educational establishments, reformatories, social relief establishments, prisons or detention camps;

- Heads and authorized persons of an investigative body, a people's procuracy or a people's court in cases where there is an official request for judicial appraisal or a decision of these agencies.

The above-mentioned persons shall keep confidential HIV positive test results, except for tested persons.

The Law on HIV/AIDS prevention and control 2006 of Vietnam came into force from January 01, 2007.

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