Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control shall review demands for antiretroviral drugs before April 20

According to Article 3 of the Circular No. 22/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, demands for antiretroviral drugs are determined and consolidated as follows:

- By February 10 every year, Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control shall promulgate guidance on planning for use of health insurance fund-covered antiretroviral drugs as prescribed in Clause 5 Article 2 hereof, and send it to provincial Centers for Disease Control and Centers for HIV/AIDS Control that shall then give instructions to local health facilities for implementation;

- By March 01 every year, each health facility shall complete its plan for use of health insurance fund-covered antiretroviral drugs in the following year, in which the number of HIV patients sorted by treatment regimens, list of drugs and technical criteria categories of drugs must be specified, and send the registration of demands for antiretroviral drugs, accompanied by the documents specified in Clause 3 of this Article, to the relevant provincial HIV/AIDS Control Agency for review and consolidation;

- By March 20 every year, each provincial HIV/AIDS Control Agency shall complete the review and consolidation of demands for health insurance fund-covered antiretroviral drugs of all health facilities in the province, including those under the management of provincial government and those under the management of Ministries, and submit a report to the provincial Department of Health for appraisal of lists, categories, quantity and demands for antiretroviral drugs of health facilities;

- By April 01 every year, each provincial Department of Health shall send a proposal, accompanied by its appraisal record, to Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control for the list and demands for antiretroviral drugs of each technical criteria category of local health facilities;

- By April 20 every year, Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control shall complete the review and consolidation of demands for health insurance fund-covered antiretroviral drugs nationwide and make any necessary adjustments thereof, and send a written proposal to the procuring unit. In case of adjustments, Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control shall notify relevant provincial Departments of Health in writing of such adjustments and include reasons for such adjustments in the written proposal sent to the procuring unit. Upon receipt of notification from Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control, provincial Departments of Health shall notify such adjustments to relevant provincial HIV/AIDS Control Agencies and health facilities.

- If a health facility has demands for health insurance fund-covered antiretroviral drugs but does not yet consolidate such demands when formulating the contractor selection plan, it shall comply with the provisions in Clause 2 Article 8 of this Circular.

View more details at the Circular No. 22/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from January 20, 2021.

Le Vy

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