Gỡ nút thắt bảo hiểm y tế cho bệnh nhân HIV

SGGP – Thứ ba, 06/12/2016, 13:37 (GMT+7)

Mặc dù Chính phủ đã chỉ đạo tạo điều kiện để từ năm 2017, 100% người nhiễm HIV phải được cấp thẻ bảo hiểm y tế (BHYT). Tuy nhiên, theo Bảo hiểm xã hội Việt Nam, tính đến nay mới có khoảng 40% người nhiễm HIV có BHYT và được chi trả trong quá trình điều trị tiếp cận với thuốc dự phòng chống miễn dịch ARV.

Đây thực sự là một khó khăn cho người nhiễm HIV, khi Việt Nam không còn được hỗ trợ tài chính từ các tổ chức và quỹ phòng chống HIV như trước năm 2016 và tiến tới cắt đứt hoàn toàn trong thời gian tới.

Tư vấn dùng thuốc ARV tại một trung tâm y tế dự phòng quận của TPHCM

Tiếp tục đọc “Gỡ nút thắt bảo hiểm y tế cho bệnh nhân HIV”

Plan for Poorer Countries to Fund HIV Response Raises Concerns

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In Zimbabwe, four out of 10 sexually active girls aged 15-19 reported taking an HIV test in the last 12 months. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS

In Zimbabwe, four out of 10 sexually active girls aged 15-19 reported taking an HIV test in the last 12 months. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS

 

ipsnews – UNITED NATIONS, Apr 11 2016 (IPS) – Calls for low and middle income countries to contribute an additional 6.1 billion dollars to the global HIV response by 2020 could see some vulnerable groups left behind, said HIV activists meeting at the United Nations last week. Tiếp tục đọc “Plan for Poorer Countries to Fund HIV Response Raises Concerns”

Tracking System Closes Gap Between HIV Diagnosis and Care in Vietnam

A client receives services at a district health clinic in Hai Phong.

Clinics can now follow up if patients fail to show up for treatment.

“I want my son to live a happy, normal life like all other children. And I’ll be there to watch him grow up.”

August 2015—When Hieu Trinh Thi married five years ago, she knew that her husband Truong might be HIV positive since he had been an intravenous drug user in the past. In Hai Phong, Vietnam, where the couple lives, 44 percent of people who inject drugs are infected with the virus.

Hieu knew too that she was at risk of contracting HIV from Truong, if she hadn’t already. But the abstract idea of the virus didn’t outweigh her love for the motorbike taxi driver, and the couple wed in the fall of 2010. Tiếp tục đọc “Tracking System Closes Gap Between HIV Diagnosis and Care in Vietnam”

More Vietnamese Are Getting Tested for HIV

A client receives an HIV testing and counseling referral from community-based supporter in Hanoi.
A client receives an HIV testing and counseling referral from a community-based supporter in Hanoi.
Community workers’ outreach efforts spur greater clinic visits
“I understand the needs of the group and want to help them identify risks and protect themselves.”

August 2015—In a quiet alley in the southern part of the capital city of Hanoi, a man and a woman are seated on small plastic stools, conferring in low tones. The man drinks a glass of tea while the woman pulls out a sheaf of perforated papers—referral slips—and begins filling one out. She hands the slip of paper to her companion and explains its purpose as he sips his drink, nodding. Tiếp tục đọc “More Vietnamese Are Getting Tested for HIV”