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Submitted by unname1 on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 11:02
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has said it will provide two -year programs to support Vietnam in implementing a sustainable response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

According to the November 3 announcement, USAID will grant US$45 million to FHI 360, a US-based nongovernmental organization, to carry out a program on strengthening the sustainable management of national HIV/AIDS action in Vietnam by 2016.

The program aims to maintain the delivery of quality HIV prevention, care and treatment services in critical areas in the future.

USAID Mission Director Francis Donovan highlighted Vietnam’s recent achievements in addressing HIV with support from USAID.

The US agency will also award US$25 million to Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to boost the capacity to work with the Vietnamese government on the implementation of the national HIV/AIDS strategy.

The program will cooperate with networks of people living with HIV to help increase their participation in the HIV response at all levels.

USAID assistance will be focused on preventing HIV transmission among the most-at-risk populations, including needle injecting drug users and their partners, female sex workers and their clients, and same sex partners.

Since 2000, USAID has contributed US$510 million to development and relief activities in Vietnam.

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