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Conference boosts PPP cooperation in infectious disease prevention

Co-organised by the Ministry of Health and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the conference aims to better people’s access to quality healthcare services, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at the event.

During the conference, the delegates discussed how to help businesses approach Vietnam’s policies related to public-private partnership (PPP) cooperation in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria prevention at a conference in Hanoi on October 10, 2013.

Long also highlighted the organisation’s contribution to the work of disease prevention and combating over the recent years, adding that the fund is one of the largest sponsors of Vietnam and other developing nations in the field; which helps promote poverty reduction and realise the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Vietnam has spared no efforts to prevent and tackle these three infectious diseases over the past years, dynamically strengthening the partnership and calling for domestic and foreign investors’ involvement in the field, he added.

To reduce the rate of people falling ill to malaria, the health sector continues to encourage the community and the entire population’s involvement in the program and link activities against infectious diseases.

Vietnam ranks 12th  among the world’s 22 TB high-burden countries and has the largest number of unreported TB cases.

At the event, participants also focused on discussing issues related to HIV/AIDS prevention and combating activities in the workplace, the coordination among the fund and private organisations, and community healthcare programmes.

Source:
http://en.vietnamplus.vn/conference-boosts-ppp-cooperation-in-infectious-disease-prevention/50344.vnp