US-supported project sustains Vietnam’s HIV/AIDS response

Nhan Dan Online- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on August 5 launched a two-year project that seeks to improve community response to the HIV epidemic by strengthening the ability of local organisations to reach the most at-risk populations and link them with appropriate HIV services.

US-supported project sustains Vietnam’s HIV/AIDS response

The “USAID Community HIV Link-Southern” project, implemented in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City and An Giang Province by the Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life (LIFE) with funding from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has a target of delivering effective community-based HIV/AIDS services to a total of 4,000 high-risk people  and 2,000 people living with HIV.

The Community HIV Link project aims to mobilisemembers of local community-based organisations (CBO) and promote their greater engagement in HIV service delivery to the most at-risk populations, along with improving their institutional and individual capacity. To this end, the project will prioritiseand focus local organisations’efforts to engage higher-risk individuals and promote their roles in HIV service delivery to these individuals.