Researchers from City University of New York (CUNY) Discuss Findings in HIV/AIDS (Universal Health Insurance Program for People Living With Hiv In Vietnam: an Ambitious Approach): Immune System Diseases and Conditions – HIV/AIDS

2023 JUN 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS have been published. According to news reporting out of New York City, New York, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “International funding for HIV treatment and prevention drastically decreased when Vietnam transitioned from a low-income to a lower-middle-income country in 2010. Vietnam has attempted to fill the funding gap from both public and private sources to cover antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the City University of New York (CUNY), “However, policies that enable social health insurance to pay for ART treatment-related costs often exclude people living with HIV (PLHIV) without appropriate government documents from accessing the health insurance-funded ART program. The Vietnamese Ministry of Health might consider alternative approaches, such as implementing a universal health insurance program among PLHIV regardless of residency or documentation status, to expand coverage of ART treatment to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets by 2030. This expanded universal care will increase the uptake of ART treatment among uninsured PLHIV as well as increase coverage of health insurance-funded ART among insured PLHIV.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Most importantly, the proposed insurance scheme could significantly improve population health by reducing HIV new infections and providing economic benefits of ART treatment through increased productivity and decreased healthcare costs.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Universal Health Insurance Program for People Living With Hiv In Vietnam: an Ambitious Approach. Journal of Public Health Policy, 2023. Journal of Public Health Policy can be contacted at: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Brunel Rd Bldg, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS, Hants, England.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Thinh T. Vu, City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Dept. of Community Health and Social Sciences, New York, NY 10027, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-023-00411-y. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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