On March 10th, 2017, Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi
gave a practical report to officers, lecturers and students of PPA with the
theme "Challenges to stop the HIV epidemic". She is a doctor,
scientist who discovered the HIV virus and was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Medicine for this achievement.
Attending the fact-finding report was Mr. Alain Dorie,
Medical Attaché, Embassy of France; DoctorKhuatThiHaiOanh, Director of Center
for Supporting Community Development Initiatives.
At the meeting, Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi presented
basic and in-depth knowledge of the HIV epidemic in the world and in Vietnam,
forms of HIV transmission, prevention and treatment HIV, the challenges of HIV
treatment, the Vietnamese Government's commitment to stop HIV, the role of
police forces in HIV prevention and control in Vietnam, etc.
Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussipresented practical report at PPA
According to a report by the World Health Organization
(WHO), by 2015, more than 1 million people worldwide die of AIDS, 37 million
are infected with HIV, only 50% of them have access to methods of treatment.
Only in 2015, the world had an additional 2.1 million new HIV infections, an
average of 5,700 new infections a day.
However, with great advances in HIV diagnosis and treatment,
the number of AIDS deaths has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years, with the
number of new infections falling by 35% worldwide. In Vietnam, with the efforts
of the Government and the community in the prevention and treatment of HIV,
from 2000 to now, the number of new infections are showing signs of decline.
Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi said that Vietnam had a
relatively strong and comprehensive solution for HIV prevention and treatment;
and was one of the first countries in Asia to commit to the 90-90-90 target of
the United Nations.
The officers, lecturers and students of PPA thanked Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi
According to Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi, Police play an
important role in achieving the 90-90-90 target, step by step to reverse the HIV
epidemic in Vietnam. Paralleling to professional tasks, the police force can
assist programs of delivering condoms and clean injection needles, enabling
people at high risk of HIV to have access to HIV testing facilities; allowing
prisoners and HIV-infected persons in temporary detention camps to have access
to methadone treatment. In addition, the police force must coordinate with
other forces to helpHIV-infected persons toreintegrate into the community and
society, protecting them from social stigma.
At the report, theofficers, lecturers and students of PPA had
the opportunity to interact directly with Prof. Francoise BarreSinoussi, from
that gaining new scientific insights of HIV for applying totheir teaching,
learning, research.
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The 90-90-90 target means by
2020, 90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, 90% of people
with diagnosed HIV receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 90% of all people
on HIV treatment achieve viral suppression –- will enable us to lay the
groundwork to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
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Translated by XT