The CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force Delegation to Vietnam - January 8-13, 2006

Final Report (bản tiếng Việt) [pdf]

The CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS unveiled its recent findings from an expert mission to Vietnam focused on the HIV/AIDS situation and response. The event, co-sponsored by Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA), included remarks by Dr. John Hamre, president and CEO, CSIS, along with comments from Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, and the Honorable Tommy G. Thompson. (source: http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,2811/)

REGION: VIET NAM

Vietnam is of considerable interest to the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS because its HIV/AIDS epidemic is at an early point, with a promising potential for effective nation-wide prevention efforts among populations of injection-drug users, sex workers and men having sex with men. The CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS is now paying increased attention to HIV prevention issues as they are addressed within individual countries and by the international community.

The Task Force recently returned from a mission to Vietnam from January 8-13, 2006, which was led by former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and included a diverse group of U.S. and international experts and officials. The delegation had the goals of (1) acquiring knowledge to shape policy discussions in Washington; (2) encouraging greater harmonization among external groups working in Vietnam; (3) promoting Vietnamese-U.S. linkages, including follow-on opportunities for hosting Vietnamese officials at CSIS activities in Washington.

The delegation met with representatives from NGOs and governmental organizations, UN agencies, people living with HIV/AIDS and uninfected people at risk of infection.

CSIS will soon publish a set of findings and recommendations from this delegation directed to policymakers in the U.S. Government and non-governmental U.S. donor organizations. There will be a launch of this report in Washington, DC in the Spring of 2006.
(source: http://www.csis.org/hivaids/vietnam/)

For more information please log on CSIS website, HIV/AIDS section: http://www.csis.org/hivaids/