Quyết định 608/QĐ-TTg của Thủ tướng Chính phủ về việc phê duyệt Chiến lược quốc gia phòng, chống HIV/AIDS đến năm 2020 và tầm nhìn đến năm 2030

DECISION

APPROVING THE NATIONAL STRATEGY ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL THROUGH 2020 WITH A VISION TO 2030

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;

Pursuant to the Law on Prevention and Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) dated June 29, 2006;

At the proposal of the Minister of Health,

DECIDES:

Article 1.To approve the national strategy on HIV/AIDS prevention and control through 2020 with a vision to 2030 issued together with this Decision.

Article 2.This Decision takes effect on its signing date.

Article 3.Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-affiliated agencies and chairman of provincial-level People s Committees shall implement this Decision.

NATIONAL STRATEGY

ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL THROUGH 2020 WITH A VISION TO 2030
(Issued together with the Decision No. 608/QD-TTg dated May 25, 2012 of the Prime Minister)

Part 1

BACKGROUND FOR ISSUANCE OF THE STRATEGY

HIV/AIDS is a dangerous pandemic threatening people s life and health as well as future generations of all countries and nations worldwide, directly impacting the country s economic and cultural development and social order and safety and threatening its sustainable development.

In Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health statistics, by the end of 2011, the country had 197,335 alive people infected with HIV, of whom 48,720 had developed AIDS; since the beginning of the epidemic, 52,325 people have died of HIV/ AIDS. Surveillance data showed that the HIV/ AIDS epidemic has spread to all provinces and cities nationwide since 1998; by the end of 2011, HIV cases had been reported in 98% of urban districts, rural districts and towns and 77% of communes, wards and townships.

Being aware of the danger of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the Vietnamese Party and State have issued many important legal documents with a view to controlling the increase of this epidemic. Noteworthy among them is the national strategy on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam through 2010 with a vision to 2020, issued together with the Prime Minister s Decision No. 36/2004/QD-TTg dated March 17, 2004. The implementation of this national strategy on HIV/AIDS prevention and control has received the active leadership and direction of ministries, sectors, Party Committees and administrations at all levels in provinces and centrally run cities and recorded many important achievements, contributing to preventing and curbing the increase of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and Vietnam fulfilled the objective set out by the strategy for this period of controlling the HIV infection rate at below 0.3% in the residential communities in 2010.

Nevertheless, the practical implementation of this strategy in the past years has revealed a number of difficulties and challenges: Some units, localities, Party Committees and People s Committees at different levels have not yet properly implemented this strategy, especially its action programs; some localities failed to mobilize the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS; investment in HIV/AIDS programs remained limited, mainly from foreign funds, so it is hard to take the initiative in arranging financial resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control. Moreover, funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and control from international organizations and other countries are gradually decreasing while the HIV/AIDS situation still develops complicatedly developments; HIV transmission tended to shift from blood transfusion to sexual contacts; double-risk behaviors within the groups at risk of HIV infection tend to increase; the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading to more and more areas. Therefore, without comprehensive and long-term solutions, it is impossible to control and drive back the HIV/AIDS pandemic, causing serious consequences and adverse impacts on the socio-economic development.

In this background, it is necessary to promulgate a national strategy on HIV/AIDS prevention and control through 2020, with a vision to 2030, following the national strategy on HIV/ AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam through 2010 with a vision to 2020, which will further identify objectives and formulate programs and solutions for comprehensive and long-term HIV/AIDS prevention and control in order to ensure that this work is performed effectively and sustainably, contributing to the national construction and development.

Part 2

VIEWPOINTS, OBJECTIVES, TASKS AND SOLUTIONS

I. VIEWPOINTS

HIV/AIDS is a dangerous pandemic threatening the people s health and life and future generations of the nation:

1. HIV/AIDS prevention and control must be considered an important and long-term task that requires multi-sectoral coordination of Party Committees, ministries, sectors, administrations at all levels, and a duty and responsibility of every citizen, family and community.

2. HIV/AIDS prevention and control must adhere to the principles of ensuring human rights, combating stigma and discrimination against HIV-infected people; and attaching importance to women, children, groups at risk of HIV infection, ethnic minority people and people living in deep-lying, remote, border and island areas.

3. To ensure the implementation of Vietnam s international commitments on HIV/ AIDS prevention and control.

4. To combine social measures with medical professional and technical measures in HIV/ AIDS prevention and control in the principle of combining the prevention with comprehensive care and treatment, with prevention as the primary measure.

5. The State ensures resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control suitable to the situation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the country s socio-economic development ability and conditions, while steps up socialization of HIV/ AIDS prevention and control work.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. General objective:

To control the rate of HIV infection among the residential community at below 0.3% by 2020 and reduce the adverse impacts of HIV/AIDS on socio-economic development.

2. Targets:

a/ To increase the rate of people aged between 15 and 49 years with adequate awareness about HIV/AIDS to 80% by 2020;

b/ To increase the rate of people having no stigma and discrimination against HIV-infected people to 80% by 2020;

c/ To reduce 50% and 80% of new HIV infections among the injecting drug users group by 2015 and 2020 respectively, compared to 2010;

d/ To reduce 50% and 80% of new HIV infections through sexual contacts by 2015 and 2020 respectively, compared to 2010;

e/ To reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission to below 5% and below 2% by 2015 and 2020 respectively;

f/ To increase the rate of HIV-infected people receiving antiretroviral treatment to over 80% of the total number of HIV-infected people eligible for the treatment by 2020.

3. Vision to 2030:

a/ To apply new techniques which are highly effective for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment;

b/ To strive for active and comprehensive intervention, universal access, improved quality and sustainability of HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

c/ To strive for the United Nations "three-zero" vision: zero new infections, zero AIDS-related deaths, and zero discrimination.

III. TASKS

1. To organize information, education and communication on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to all stakeholders, combining the dissemination of Party guidelines and state policies and laws on HIV/AIDS prevention and control with the communication on HIV/AIDS harms and consequences and prevention and control measures.

2. To mobilize all resources for and involve all agencies, organizations, units, individuals and the entire community in HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities.

3. To implement medical professional and technical measures with a view to minimizing HIV transmission and settling problems related to the health of AIDS patients.

4. To closely combine HIV/AIDS prevention and control with drug and prostitution prevention and control.

5. To implement international commitments and effectively carry out activities regarding international cooperation on HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

IV. SOLUTIONS

1. Political and social solutions:

a/ To enhance the leadership of Party Committees and administrations at all levels in HIV/AIDS prevention and control:

- Party Committees at all levels shall further study and strictly implement Party guidelines, attaching special importance to the implementation of Directive No. 54-CT/TW dated November 30, 2005 of the Secretariat (the IXthCongress) on enhancing the leadership of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the new situation, and the Central Committee s Notice No. 27-TB/TW of May 9, 2011, on preliminary review of the implementation of Directive No. 54;

- To study and propose the formulation of a resolution of the Political Bureau on enhancing the leadership and direction of HIV/ AIDS prevention and control in the new situation;

- Ministries, sectors and People s Committees at all levels shall strictly implement Party guidelines and state policies and laws on HIV/AIDS prevention and control; renovate methods of directing and organizing HIV/AIDS prevention and control work to suit the organizational model, the characteristics of the work and the socio-economic situation; and step up inspection and examination of HIV/AIDS prevention and control work within the scope of their management.

b/ To further promote the role of the National Assembly and People s Councils at all levels in HIV/AIDS prevention and control:

To intensify the oversight by the National Assembly and People s Councils at all levels of HIV/AIDS prevention and control through direct oversight activities and regular reporting by ministries, sectors and People s Committees at all levels;

To promote the participation of the National Assembly and People s Councils at all levels in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, attaching special importance to bring into full play the role of individual National Assembly and People s Council deputies.

c/ Group of inter-sectoral coordination and community mobilization solutions:

- To attach special importance to the integration and combination of HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs with programs on crime and social evil prevention and control, hunger elimination and poverty reduction and job placement; to increase the signing and raise effectiveness of joint plans on HIV/AIDS prevention and control between state agencies at all levels and socio-political organizations of the same level as well as units and businesses in localities;

- To further implement the movement "All people join in HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the community"; the emulation movement "Good people and good deeds"; to build healthy lifestyles in the community; to build and multiply models of typical communes, wards, townships, agencies and units in HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

- To mobilize religious institutions, socio- political organizations, non-governmental organizations, businesses, professional associations and HIV-infected people to participate in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, attaching importance to such activities as formulating policies and plans and supervising and assessing their implementation; training, seeking and creating jobs and developing sustainable production and business models for HIV-infected people, people at risk of HIV infection and HIV/AIDS-affected people;

- To assure effective provision of social security services for HIV-infected people, people at risk of HIV infection and HIV/AIDS- affected people and concurrently mobilizing HIV-infected people and people at risk of HIV infection to buy health insurance and social insurance.

2. Law, regulation and policy solutions:

a/ To continue reviewing and completing the legal system on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to suit the reality and conform with other relevant legal systems, focusing on the following:

- Combating stigma and discrimination against and ensuring gender equity for HIV-infected people in accessing social services;

- Reviewing, amending or formulating documents to increase inter-sectoral coordination, especially the combination of HIV/AIDS prevention and control with drug and prostitution prevention and control activities;

- Formulating regulations and policies on human resources, renovating financial mechanisms for HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities, focusing on socializing a number of HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities to which the people can contribute;

- Reviewing, modifying and adding regulations and policies in support of HIV-infected social policy beneficiaries, attaching importance to policies on support for and care of HIV-infected and HIV/AIDS-affected children;

- Formulating regulations and policies to encourage and mobilize domestic and foreign organizations, businesses and individuals to participate in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, focusing on receiving and employing HIV-infected people and people at risk of HIV infection; establishing private and charity institutions to take care of AIDS patients, developing centers and establishments to provide social and legal support for HIV-infected people.

b/ To regularly organize the dissemination and education about the law on HIV/AIDS prevention and control, attaching importance to regulations on the rights and obligations of HIV-infected people;

c/ To intensify inspection and examination and strictly handle violations of the law on HIV/ AIDS prevention and control.

3. Solutions on HIV infection prevention:

a/ To renovate, expand and improve information, education and communication on HIV/AIDS prevention and control:

- To diversify contents and methods of information, education and communication to ensure friendliness, quality and suitability to the characteristics of each group, cultures and languages in different regions and areas, attaching special importance to communication for people at risk of HIV infection, people of childbearing age. pupils, students and people in highland, deep-lying and remote areas; to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention and control communication and education with communication about gender equity, raising awareness about gender issues, education in sexual and reproductive health, and cultural, artistic, physical training, sport and tourist activities;

- To combine mass communication with face-to-face communication, attaching importance to promoting the role and responsibility of the information and communication system, socio-political organizations and the military health system; at the same time to mobilize leaders, famous people, heads of street groups, heads of residential clusters, heads of villages and hamlets, heads of grassroots Vietnam front committees, heads of family clans, religious dignitaries, the elderly, prestigious people in the community and HIV-infected people to participate in HIV/AIDS prevention and control communication.

b/ To expand and improve harm reduction intervention services for people at risk of HIV infection:

- To further expand areas for implementing the program on provision and use of clean syringes and needles, the program on encouraging use of condoms in sexual intercourses, the program on treatment of addiction to opium-type substances by substitute medicines, and community-based intervention models;

- To study and pilot new forms of provision of clean syringes and needles and condoms, and models of combining intervention methods in drug and prostitution prevention and control activities; to pilot models of providing comprehensive intervention packages for groups at risk of HIV infection and models of treatment of addiction to opium-type substances by substitute medicines, new medicines and traditional remedies; to study the application of HIV infection prevention models to users of synthetic and new narcotics;

- To integrate intervention activities into community-based detoxication models and post-detoxication management models;

- To further provide and step by step increase services of examination and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, focusing on integration of counseling, examination and treatment of sexually transmitted infections into regular health check-ups;

- To study and develop guidelines for HIV exposure preventive treatment, focusing on universal preventive treatment measures outside health establishments.

c/ To improve and increase HIV counseling and testing services and other HIV infection preventive activities:

- To improve HIV counseling and testing services through training to improve counseling and testing skills of testing staffs; to upgrade infrastructure facilities and select quality biologicals for HIV testing and strictly implement regulations on HIV testing;

- To diversify models of HIV counseling and testing services, focusing on pilot application of HIV screening testing models in the community; to study and propose measures to increase people s access to HIV counseling and testing services, and send HIV positive people to the care and treatment programs;

- To further invest in and supervise HIV infection prevention through social and medical services, attaching special importance to equipment supply to ensure disinfection and sterilization at health establishments; to train health workers in universal prevention in health services; to provide information on universal prevention in social services.

4. Solutions on treatment and care of HIV-infected people:

a/ To increase the scope of provision of the services of antiretroviral treatment, opportunistic infection treatment, tuberculosis treatment for HIV-infected people, mother-to-child HIV transmission preventive treatment through organizing treatment at grassroots health stations and integrating these services into other health programs; to organize treatment at medical treatment-education-social labor centers, prisons, detention camps and reformatories; to strengthen and develop community-based care systems for HIV-infected people, religious institutions, social organizations and other organizations.

b/ To improve treatment services:

- To ensure availability of and accessibility to antiretroviral drugs and concurrently encourage the use of traditional remedies for improving the physical state and immune system for HIV-infected people;

- To improve and expand testing systems for HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment;

- To apply new treatment models to HIV-infected people and take measures to reduce treatment costs and increase the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment;

- To integrate HIV/AIDS treatment into other programs; to link organizations providing community-based treatment and care services with public and non-public health establishments to form a continuous and quality service chain to provide comprehensive prevention, treatment and care services; to combine physical treatment with psychological support for HIV-infected people.

c/ To increase physical and spiritual support for HIV-infected people and their families so that HIV-infected people can stabilize their life, integrate into the community and receive care from their families and the community.

5. HIV/AIDS epidemic surveillance, monitoring and evaluation solutions:

a/ To consolidate and solidify the system for supervising, monitoring and evaluating the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program to be unified and multi-sectoral;

b/ To strengthen and improve the information management system for the national program on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to be full, prompt and accessible;

c/ To improve the quality of HIV/AIDS epidemic surveillance data and HIV/AIDS prevention and control program evaluation data;

d/ To regularly analyze and evaluate the situation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, evaluate the effectiveness of activities of the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program, and identify priority areas in HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

e/ To increase guidance, coordination, dissemination, share and use of data in activities of the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program.

6. Financial source solutions:

a/ To mobilize central and local resources for the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program and resources from local and foreign agencies, organizations and businesses and people for the achievement of this strategy s objectives and tasks, of which state budget allocations constitute the major resource; at the same time to step up the implementation of measures to gradually increase the rate of health insurance payments for HIV/AIDS-related services and encourage localities and domestic and foreign organizations, businesses and individuals to provide resources for HIV/ AIDS prevention and control;

b/ To intensify the management and supervision and effective use of funds for HIV/ AIDS prevention and control;

c/ To promote the national initiative in the coordination, management and use of aid projects to ensure their compliance with this strategy.

7. Human resource solutions:

a/ To formulate a sustainable master plan on development of human resources for the HIV/ AIDS prevention and control system;

b/ To formulate a framework program and standardize training documents on HIV/AIDS prevention and control for medical schools. To raise capacity of teaching and training in HIV/AIDS prevention and control for teachers of schools within the national education system;

c/ To build capacity for HIV/AIDS prevention and control staffs, attaching importance to providing training for staffs of district, commune and hamlet health establishments;

d/ To build capacity for ministries, sectors, mass organizations, social organizations, non-governmental organizations, religious institutions, HIV-infected people, self-reliance groups and clubs in providing HIV/AIDS prevention and control services, and further train HIV-infected people in care and counseling skills to participate in patient treatment activities.

8. Medicine and equipment supply solutions:

a/ To build and organize a uniform chain for supplying medicines and equipment according to quality standards;

b/ To work out plans on demands for medicine and equipment for the whole period;

c/ To enhance capacity for domestic manufacturers and adopt policies to provide support and preferences for medicine and equipment manufacturers to fully satisfy domestic and export demands;

d/ To consolidate and improve infrastructure facilities and equipment for units within the HIV/AIDS prevention and control system.

9. International cooperation solutions:

a/ To fully implement the international obligations and commitments in HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

b/ To strengthen and increase international cooperation through building multilateral and diversified relationships with United Nations organizations and bilateral and multilateral organizations with a view to making use of their financial and technical assistance and management skills for HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

c/ To closely cooperate with bordering countries in exchanging information and carrying out cross-border HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities.

Part 3

PROJECTS FOR THE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

1. Project on HIV infection prevention.

2. Project on comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, support and treatment.

3. Project on building capacity for the HIV/ AIDS prevention and control system.

4. Project on HIV/AIDS epidemiological surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program.

Part 4

ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION

I. ORGANIZATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY

1. At the central level:

a/ The National Committee on AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control shall direct, examine and urge the implementation of this strategy; and direct the combination of HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities with drug and prostitution prevention and control activities;

b/ The Ministry of Health shall act as the standing body in assisting the Government and the National Committee on AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control in implementation of this strategy.

2. At the local level:

Provincial-level People s Committees shall plan and organize the implementation of this strategy in their localities.

II. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES

1. The Ministry of Health shall:

a/ Work out a plan on implementation of this strategy and its projects; direct, guide, monitor and supervise the implementation of this strategy. Biannually and annually review and report the strategy implementation results to the Prime Minister;

b/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministries and sectors in, formulating and issuing according to its competence or submitting to competent authorities for issuance legal documents on HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

c/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and related ministries and sectors in, studying and proposing solutions to mobilize resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control;

d/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with ministries and sectors being members of the National Committee on AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control and relevant central agencies in, implementing this strategy within the ambit of their tasks and powers.

2. The Ministry of Public Security shall:

a/ Direct public security agencies at all levels in implementing this strategy s contents within the ambit of their tasks and powers, paying special attention to coordination and support for harm reduction intervention activities in the community;

b/ Review, propose and modify regulations on crime and drug prevention and control, manage security and order with regard to business establishments subject to security and order conditions; and manage localities and handle violations related to HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

3. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall:

a/Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Health and relevant ministries and sectors in, organizing HIV/AIDS communication, prevention, care and treatment at establishments under its management; guide, direct, examine and supervise HIV/AIDS prevention and control for laborers at workplaces; attach importance to HIV infection prevention for female laborers and vulnerable mobile laborers; organize, examine and supervise the implementation of regulations and policies to support HIV-infected people;

b/ Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health and relevant ministries and sectors in formulating social support policies for HIV-infected people, people at risk of HIV infection, and HIV/AIDS affected children and women; formulate and issue according to its competence or submit to competent agencies for issuance appropriate policies with a view to encouraging organizations and businesses to train and employ HIV-infected people, people at risk of HIV infection and spouses of HIV-infected people.

4. The Ministry of Finance shall:

a/ Make state budget estimates and fully and promptly allocate annual funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and control work; examine and supervise the use and finalization of funds under current regulations;

b/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies in, formulating, or proposing competent agencies to issue, regulations on rates of expenses for HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities; regulations on tax exemption and reduction for businesses employing HIV-infected people and people at risk of HIV infection; policies on import duty exemption or reduction for equipment for HIV/AIDS prevention and control work.

5. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall:

a/ Direct, supervise and examine the integration of HIV/AIDS prevention and control criteria into socio-economic development programs of ministries, sectors and People s Committees at all levels:

b/ Coordinate with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance in studying and proposing solutions to increase and mobilize development investment capital for the HIV/ AIDS prevention and control system and submit them to competent authorities for approval, and coordinate investment sources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

6. The Ministry of Information and Communications shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Ministry of Health, relevant ministries and sectors and localities in, drawing up plans on information and communication in the mass media and at grassroots level; and direct information and press agencies nationwide to regularly carry out HIV/AIDS information and communication activities.

7. The Ministry of Education and Training shall further formulate and improve education contents and curricula, improve planning work and directly carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities within the national education system.

8. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall direct agencies under its management to coordinate with health agencies in HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

9. The Ministry of National Defense shall organize HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities for its officers and soldiers suitable to the defense sector s characteristics; assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Health in expanding the joint military-civil healthcare model for disseminating HIV/AIDS prevention and control knowledge, providing counseling, care and treatment for inhabitants in border, island and difficult-travel areas.

10. The Ministry of Home Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors in, modifying according to its competence, or promptly proposing modification of, regulations and policies on HIV/AIDS prevention and control to suit the situation of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in each period.

11. Vietnam Television, the Radio Voice of Vietnam and Vietnam News Agency shall, within the ambit of their functions and tasks, coordinate with relevant agencies in regularly including HIV/AIDS prevention and control information in information and communication programs; and make proper investment in improving the quality, contents and increasing the time volumes of HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs.

12. Vietnam Social Security shall study and propose the Ministry of Health to formulate or modify regulations and policies on health insurance and implementation solutions with a view to encouraging HIV-infected people to buy health insurance.

13. Other ministries and sectors as the members of the National Committee on AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control and government-attached agencies shall take the initiative in devising and implementing HIV/ AIDS prevention and control plans within the ambit of their functions and tasks and according to the characteristics of their sectors or units; and properly allocate state budget funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio­-political organizations and socio-professional organizations shall, within the ambit of their functions and tasks and operation scope, actively participate in implementing this strategy; coordinate with the Ministry of Health and other relevant ministries and sectors in building capacity and supporting HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities of social organizations and non-governmental organizations participating in HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

15. Provincial-level People s Committees shall direct and organize implementation of tasks, solutions and projects for the implementation of the strategy in their provinces or cities; identify HIV/AIDS prevention and control goals in their socio­economic development plans, In addition to central budget allocations, localities shall take the initiative in reserving local budget allocations, human resources and physical foundations for the HIV/AIDS prevention and control program. Provincial-level People s Committees shall direct local agencies and organizations to closely coordinate with one another in regularly, comprehensively and effectively implementing harm reduction intervention measures to prevent HIV infection; and provide proper care, treatment and support for HIV-infected people.