[Vnbiz] HIV and sexually transmitted diseases on the riseinVN [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dao Xuan Lam / Branch Manager
daoxuanlam at gmail.com
Sat Sep 16 04:31:18 PDT 2006
Thank you, Brother Quang Anh,
It is correct and I totally agree with you. Beside other factors, education and public awareness are to play a very important role to deal with this issue.
Cheers.
Have a nice weekend to you and all brothers and sisters.
Lam, Dao Xuan
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To: Dao Xuan Lam - Branch Manager (G-mail)
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:07 PM
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[Vietnam Business Forum]
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
"Dao Xuan Lam
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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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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject: [Vnbiz] HIV and sexually transmitted diseases on the rise inVN
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> [Vietnam Business Forum]
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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???
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> "STD Infection Rate on the Rise in Hung Yen"
> Nhan Dan (The People) Sep 9, p.5
>
> "As many as 59% of 5,000 women in northern Hung Yen province having
health
> check-ups recently were infected with gynaecological diseases.
>
> "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.
>
> "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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