U=U Launches in Ho Chi Minh City

Việt Nam News: “A campaign called Undetectable = Untransmittable was launched on Wednesday in HCM City to persuade people living with HIV to take antiretrovirals as prescribed by doctors to reduce the virus load in their body to undetectable levels so that they do not transmit it to their sexual partners. The campaign seeks to improve public awareness of early HIV tests and ARV therapy, and reduce discrimination against people with HIV.”

“The campaign is being carried out by the HCM City HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Centre in co-operation with the Vietnam-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Việt Nam Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS.”

“It is receiving technical assistance from the Partnership for Health Advancement in Việt Nam, a collaboration between the Harvard Medical School and two of its affiliated teaching hospitals, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.”

Read more in Việt Nam News.