Bac Ninh provides HIV/AIDS health insurance support
The northern province of Bac Ninh has become the first locality nationwide to provide health insurance support to all people living with HIV/AIDS and taking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
Bac Ninh (VNA) – The northern province of Bac Ninh has become the first locality nationwideto provide health insurance support to all people living with HIV/AIDS andtaking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
The assistanceis part of the province’s efforts to fulfil the UN 90-90-90 goal, which targets90 percent of all people living with HIV knowing their HIV status, 90 percentof all people with diagnosed HIV receiving sustained antiretroviral therapy and90 percent of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy achieving viralsuppression.
The support issourced from the leftover funds from the 2016 health insurance fund.
According to theprovincial Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, as of the end of April2017, the province had 2,448 HIV-infected patients and more than 1,000 peopleliving with AIDS, while 958 had died from AIDS.
In the firstfour months of this year, Bac Ninh recorded 58 new cases of HIV infection.
Since 2015, BacNinh has welcomed two projects for HIV/AIDS prevention, including a Global Fundproject to supply free ARV to HIV/AIDS patients. However, the supply will becut off from July 1, 2017 when ARV will be covered by health insurance. Thiswill pose difficulties to the needy, most of whom are living in poverty.
Along with strengtheningcommunications on HIV/AIDS prevention, the province plans to popularise therights of health insurance card holders, especially among high-risk groups.
However, manyHIV/AIDS patients still struggle to buy health insurance due to a lack of legaldocuments.-VNA
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