AIDS was first recognized in 1984 in Thailand, it began to spread rapidly in many regions of the world. This epidemic had become a huge problem especially in South Eastern Asian nations, such as India, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. Over 5 million people are living with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic.
This World Bank article emphasizes specifically on fighting HIV/ Aids in one of the poorest countries in the World, Vietnam. In Ho Chi Minh City, two thirds of total Aids cases are found among civilians. Not until 2000 Vietnam's mass media began to launch various campaigns for Vietnamese youth informing about the most deadly disease of the century.
In 2004 the World Bank have began a funding in Vietnam, primarily focusing on the issue of HIV/AIDS, to innovate ideas that support the fight against the epidemic, reduce discrimination and stereotype against HIV patience. Vietnam is yet still a primitive nation; people see the epidemic as shame that was only caused by......
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