Healthcare project to be implemented in HCM City

August 16, 2017 - 10:01

HCM City’s People’s Committee has approved a project aiming to improve the quality of healthcare regarding infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.

HCM City’s People’s Committee has approved a project aiming to improve the quality of healthcare regarding infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.—  Photo plo.vn

HCM CITY — HCM City’s People’s Committee has approved a project aiming to improve the quality of healthcare regarding infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.

It aims to enhance and maintain the capacity of preventing, diagnosing and responding to contagious diseases and providing healthcare service for HIV treatment in 2017.

The project, with funding of VNĐ35 billion provided by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, provides preventive healthcare service for HIV/AIDS in a sustainable and effective way, contributing to national HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

It offers in-person service for patients, as well as improving the techniques and capacity of medical units.

The project will be implemented from this month until April next year at the municipal Health Department, some health centres and hospitals in the city such as HIV/AIDS preventive centre, Phạm Ngọc Thạch Hospital, Tropical Disease Hospital, pediatrics hospitals No.1 and No.2 Pasteur Institute. — VNS

 

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