AIDS PROGRAM

 

  1. Surveillance
  • Guide and supervision of the HIV/AIDS surveillance system (also include test for confirmation of HIV infection) and detection of HIV cases in southern Vietnam
  • Standardized laboratory, confirmation of HIV positive cases in southern Vietnam

 

  1. Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
  • Pre and post test counseling
  • Publishing the AIDS bulletin
  • Producing and distributing leaflets

 

  1. Training

Epidemiology, surveillance, HIV/AIDS testing and counseling for health officials at provincial and district level

 

  1. HIV/AIDS research (epidemiology, biology and behavior)
  • Descriptive studies
  • Interventional studies
  • Clinical trials

 

  1. HIV/AIDS laboratory
  • 1989: HIV/AIDS laboratory of the Pasteur Institute in Hochiminh City (PIHCMC) - the first laboratory in southern Vietnam
  • 1990: the first HIV case detected in PIHCMC
  • 1994: HIV/AIDS laboratory of PIHCMC accredited as the standardized laboratory of southern Vietnam
  • Sero-diagnosis of HIV: ELISA, Western-Blot
  • HIV isolation, genotype, phenotype: PCR, HMA techniques
  • Lymphocyte count (CD3, CD4, CD8, …)
  • Studies of cellular markers (CD25, CD28, CD45 CCR5, CXCR4) by FACS machine