| INTRODUCTION |
| 1. VietNam: |
| Vietnam According to the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), there are on
average 33 deaths related to traffic accidents a day in 2005. Is it too many?
However, according to Tran Tien Duc, Manager of the Policy Vietnam (Australia)
Project, there are currently 300,000 people infected with HIV (90,000 have been
found) in the whole country. Meanwhile, the number of HIV-infect people was
only bout 10,000 in 1995. Thus, over the past ten years, an additional 80
people a day on average fell into HIV infection. What I mean is in Vietnam, the
number of HIV victims per day triples the number of deaths caused by traffic
accidents. |
| 2. World: |
| In 2005, there have been over 40 million HIV-infected people in the world,
outnumbering deaths in World Wars. And there will be an additional 45 million
HIV victims around the world from now to 2010, if we do nothing about the AIDS
epidemic (according to UNAIDS sources). But if immediate prevention measures
are taken, at the cost of estimated US$27 billion, additional HIV infection
will be restricted to 15 million people, which means it costs about US$1,000 to
prevent a new HIV infection case. But according to Doctor Bernhard
Schwartlander, Director in charge of HIV/AIDS affairs of the World Heath
Organization, the price for failure to prevent HIV spreading is much higher.
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| 3. Website history: |
| This website is within the framework of the “Online HIV/AIDS Prevention”
Project, a social activity of VNReview Co. On May 20, 2004, the Ministry of
Health, UNAIDS and the World Bank assessed the Project as effective and gave it
the HIV Prevention Initiative 2004 Award worth US$9,554, which was used for the
project’s initial development. On October 1, 2004, the Ministry of Culture and
Information granted the License 419/GP-BC to the Project. In July 2005, the UK
Embassy provided US$9,201 for one year’s development of the website’s version
and translation of HIV news from English into Vietnamese. Currently, the costs
for maintaining the Project and carrying out every day’s tasks are provided by
VNReview Co. |
5. Cooperation:
We hope to receive cooperation and support from everybody. |
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| ADDRESS |
282/5 Nguyen Trong Tuyen St., Phu Nhuan Dist., HCMC, VietNam
Phone: (84-8) 845 6684
E-mail: info@lawsoft.vn |
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