Health Ministry launches HIV/AIDS website for youth

Hanoi (VNA) - An HIV/AIDS website for Vietnamese youth was officially launched on Sept. 15.

The website www.hoanhiptim.vn aims to provide latest information on the
prevention and control of HIV/AIDS pandemic, basic knowledge on reproductive
healthcare and gender issues to people aged between 15-24, especially
high-risk and vulnerable groups, drug addicts and migrating youth.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Hanoi , Deputy Head of the
Health Ministry's General Department of Population and Family Planning
Nguyen Van Tan said that the dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS
prevention and control among young people is the most effective way when
there is neither vaccine nor an effective treatment method for AIDS.

The launching of the website meets young people's increasing demand for
information through the Internet, he noted.

The website is part of a HIV/AIDS prevention and control project for young
people which is jointly implemented by the General Department and the Asian
Development Bank.-Enditem