The Ministry of Health said more than 41,400 AIDS patients, 83 percent of whom are between 20 and 39 years old, have died since the first HIV/AIDS case was diagnosed in Vietnam in 1990.
Of the current 135,000 plus HIV-positive people in Vietnam, 17.8 percent are women.
The whole country has 203 clinics that provide medicine for AIDS patients and 220 clinics where AIDS patients can receive free treatment.
All pregnant women who are HIV positive are provided with free medicine to prevent the disease from being transmitted to their babies.
Reported by Nam Son |
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