HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is conducting 80,000 HIV tests via saliva in high-risk populations in Hanoi and southern Ho Chi Minh City.
The self-test method, which shows 99 percent of accuracy in detecting HIV antibodies in high-risk populations who inject drugs or engage in unprotected sex, and are homosexual men, will also be applied in northern Thai Nguyen province, southern Can Tho city and southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province, according to the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control under the Health Ministry.
Vietnam currently has over 200,000 HIV carriers, mainly in the age of 20 to 49. Some 200 HIV-infected children are born each year, said the administration.
