3:27 PM, 19/08/2008
MoH to receive aids from Clinton Foundation
VGP – Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm gave nod on August 18 to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to take over antiretroviral (ARV) and opportunistic infection (OI) drugs donated by William Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) for HIV/AIDS treatment among Vietnamese children.
|  | | Mr. Clinton in talks with Vietnamese students about HIV/AIDS prevention | CHAI was founded by former US President Bill Clinton, focusing on health security and HIV/AIDS control. The Foundation established ties with Việt Nam in December 2005 by signing a memorandum of understanding with the MoH on supporting Việt Nam’s HIV/AIDS control. In July 2006, CHAI opened its office in Việt Nam.
In early December 2006, in his visit to Việt Nam, Mr. Bill Clinton and Minister of Health Trần Thị Trung Chiến inked an agreement on providing aids to Việt Nam to control HIV/AIDS. CHAI implemented a project in Việt Nam, titled “Paediatrics Initiative”, granting an annual batch of 800 ARV doses for children and 900 ones for pregnant women as well as training HIV/AIDS practitioners. By Xuân Hồng |
