USAID keen to include private sector in HIV-related market

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a programme to stimulate a market for HIV-related goods and services with the involvement of the private sector in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31.

ARV pills are packaged to provide for HIV patients (Photo: VNA)

The project will provide financial support and incentives to encourage the involvement of private enterprises in importing, producing and distributing HIV-related goods.

Addressing the launch ceremony, the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, highlighted the role of the private sector in facilitating access to HIV-related goods in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vo Tan Thanh, highlighted the public-private partnership on HIV-treatment and preventive services.

The project will run until 2019 with a total investment of 15 million USD. It will be implemented by Path International Vietnam, a health non-governmental organisation, and the Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population.

(Source: VNA)