[Vnbiz] HIV and sexually transmitted diseases on the rise inVN [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Fri Sep 15 00:07:09 PDT 2006

Dear Brother Lam

Thank you for your comment. You are quite right in the opinion of the
concerned authorities.

There is another issue, which I think that would be closely related to this
situation - the poor awareness and education for the young on sex
relations. Certainly I am not an expert of this field, but I remember that
early this year, there was a publication of a study on Vietnamese sexual
and reproduction issues. In their statistics, there was about 300,000 cases
of abortion per year (officially reported) among  which there were a lot of
youth. People said, although we normally think Vietnam is a in-depth
"Oriental" country where the concept of sex is very strict, this figure
show that there a big trends of freedom on this concept at present. The
danger is that as people are hesitate to talk about sex and protection
(with young people), the threat become more serious.

Education, and public awareness are very important to deal with this issue,
I believe.

Nice weekend Brother Lam, et al.

QA

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Dear Quang Anh,

Thanks for your info.

It  is incredible!!

That unimaginable finger (could be higher) made us so worried  about the
unprotected sex, sexually transmitted diseases  and HIV  situation in Viet
Nam.

Apart from the people themselves need to be actively and  proactively in
taking precaution measures, that very serious situation urges the
Vietnamese Central  government and its related bodies, and as well as local
authorities to take  strong and immediately actions focussing on training
education jobs and  employment  improvement etc. in order to isolate the
effected regions,  reduce its unpredictable consequences, prevent it from
spreading-out before it  is to late. Otherwise HIV shall soon be a disaster
in Viet Nam one  day.

Dao Xuan Lam  (Mr.)

The Overseas Vietnamese  Business Club (OVBC)

Ho Chi Minh City Branch  Manager

Basement, Equatorial  hotel,

242 Tran Binh Trong  street,

ward 4, district 5, Ho  Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tel.: (84-8) 8305785-  Ext.: 104

Fax: (84-8)  8305787

Mobile phone: (84) (0)  989007288

E-mail: daoxuanlam at gmail.com ; ovclub at hcm.vnn.vn
Website:  www.ov-club.com
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> PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES TO READ THIS
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> Have a nice weekend
> Quang Anh
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> All for  information, and action???
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> The data in the news article below  are worrying.  If the situation in
Hung
> Yen were the same across  all provinces, there would be over 1.2 million
> people living with HIV in  Vietnam - perhaps there is??  We don't know
> because the  government's health surveillance system is quite weak.
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> A  related point of concern is that many sexually transmitted diseases
>  greatly increase the risk of transmitting and contracting HIV (because
of
> breaks in the skin, and sores, which allow the virus to enter  the
> bloodstream).  Vietnam's urban youth (15 to 22 year olds) are  exhibiting
> very high rates of unprotected sex and sexually transmitted  diseases -
such
> as chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc.   This is not good news
for
> the future of Vietnam's children.
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> Vietnam 'officially' has 40,000 new cases per year; but based on  sound
> UN/NGO estimates, it's probably more like 80,000.  That's a  lot of
unhappy
> people and families, who suddenly find themselves  outcast, stigmatised,
> economically unstable, unable to attend schools,  unable to get a job,
> unable to access good health services - but very  able to transmit HIV to
> others.  Have a read of this  article:
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> "STD Infection Rate on the Rise in Hung Yen"
>  Nhan Dan (The People) Sep 9, p.5
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> "As many as 59% of 5,000 women  in northern Hung Yen province having
health
> check-ups recently were  infected with gynaecological diseases.
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> "Of those surveyed, 14%  suffered from reproductive organ inflammation,
10%
> from hepatitis B and  1.5% from HIV/AIDS.
> Kim Dong district alone has detected 22 HIV/AIDS  carriers ranging in age
> from 13 to 19, including some AIDS  developers.
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> "To reduce the increasing HIV infection rate, the  provincial Family
> Planning Society Association has also provided  pre-marriage health
> check-ups and reproductive consultancy to local  juveniles and young
> people."
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