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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01HANOI2814 |
HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: USG INCREASES [...] IN A SIGNIFICANT BROADENING OF USG-GVN ENGAGEMENT ON HEALTH ISSUES, THE CHARGE AND VICE MINISTER OF HEALTH TRAN CHI LIEM SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON OCTOBER 23 TO PROVIDE $2 MILLION TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY TO EXPAND ITS HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. FROM THE CDC GLOBAL AIDS PRO [...] |
2001-10-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS |
| 01HANOI3288 |
VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...] |
2001-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
| 02ABUJA1347 |
NIGERIA: FPOTUS CARTER AND BILL GATES, SR. VISIT [...] FPOTUS Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates, Sr. and staff from The Carter Center and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paid a very successful, well-publicized March 8-10 visit to Nigeria. The purpose of the visit was to galvanize greater domestic support for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, [...] |
2002-05-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TBIO SOCI KWMN NI HIV AIDS |
| 02HANOI1405 |
AA/S WOOD HOLDS WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 20-22 VISIT TO HANOI, IO AA/S WOOD DISCUSSED COUNTERTERRORISM, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC), NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFORM, THE MONTAGNARDS, MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GVN AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) OFFICIALS, STUDENTS FROM THE [...] |
2002-06-03 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR DPOL HIV AIDS |
| 02HANOI2010 |
ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED [...] THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH'S (NIH) PROPOSED SUPPORT FOR A RESEARCH GRANT ON "GENDER RELATIONS, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, AND PERCEIVED HIV RISK AMONG VIETNAMESE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02010 140644Z WILL ONLY SERVE TO STRENGTHE [...] |
2002-08-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA VM HIV AIDS |
| 02HANOI2845 |
SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY. DISCOS, KARAOKE BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, AND OTHER "FUN" LOCATIONS EVEN IN STAID HANOI INCREASINGLY OFFER PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL [...] |
2002-11-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP |
| 02HANOI553 |
CDC AND GVN LAUNCH NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS [...] THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH)/NATIONAL AIDS STANDING BUREAU, IN COLLABORATION WITH AND SUPPORT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00553 110920Z CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)/EMBASSY HANOI, HAS LAUNCHED ITS NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT THE HIV [...] |
2002-03-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY55 |
GIA LAI PROVINCE HEALTHCARE: LEPROSY AND HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: IN A DECEMBER MEETING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GIA LAI PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CALLED LEPROSY HIS MAIN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. HE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS, AND AMBITIOUS PLANS TO IMPROVE THE STAFFING/FACILITIES OF THE PROVINCE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. [...] |
2002-01-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PREF VM HIV AIDS |
| 03HANOI197 |
VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF SMARTWORK LABOR COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together (SMARTWork) project officially commenced on January 23. The Charge and senior GVN officials spoke at the launch. The SMARTWork project focuses on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the workpl [...] |
2003-01-24 05:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 03HANOI549 |
COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT IN VIETNAM: NOT MUCH TO IT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite improved national guidance on community drug treatment as well as an increasing awareness among authorities of the need for more rehabilitation services at different levels, implementation appears rather thin and uneven, primarily due to a lack of trained personnel and i [...] |
2003-03-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM HIV AIDS CNARC |
| 03HARARE579 |
HIV/AIDS MESSAGES REACH MILLIONS OF [...] Summary: USAID/Zimbabwe is making creative use of television to reach millions of youth with HIV/AIDS messages. Adolescence is a period of dynamic change and although many youth are healthy, they face the risks of unwanted pregnancies, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. In Zi [...] |
2003-03-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV ZI HIV AIDS |
| 03HARARE757 |
USG Response to Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Crisis [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI HIV AIDS |
| 03HARARE758 |
USG HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS IN ZIMBABWE: POISED FOR [...] I call your attention to reftel which outlines the progress the US has made in HIV/AIDS prevention, care/treatment and mitigation in Zimbabwe, perhaps the second most affected country in the world. I believe it critical that the USG continue to give priority attention to Zimbabwe's enormous pu [...] |
2003-04-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI KSCA ZI US HIV AIDS |
| 03HARARE967 |
BUSINESS SLOW TO ACT ON HIV/AIDS [...] Zimbabwe has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world but the private sector has done surprisingly little to help stem the spread of the disease. The sector only recently began actively supporting HIV initiatives in the workplace, in part because absenteeism and deaths had begun to [...] |
2003-05-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI ECON ZI HIV AIDS |
| 03MAPUTO1007 |
AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...] |
2003-07-21 08:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 04HANOI158 |
VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...] |
2004-01-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE |
| 04HANOI1649 |
BA SAO PRISON: A PREVIEW [...] (U) Summary. The Ha Nam (more commonly called Ba Sao) prison that A/S Craner may visit on June 18 appears a model facility, with clean if Spartan cells and extensive grounds. It holds a relatively high number of recidivists; a plurality of prisoners were convicted on narcotics charges. Acti [...] |
2004-06-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI174 |
STAFFDEL MCCORMICK'S TRIP TO HANOI: EXPANDING [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel McCormick's official meetings January 6-8 with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), National Assembly (NA), Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA), and Office of the Government (OOG), the delegation agreed on the value of an expanded U.S.-Viet [...] |
2004-01-26 09:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PHUM ETRD EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI2757 |
MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...] |
2004-10-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI2816 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV VM HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI2888 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...] |
2004-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI2946 |
The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...] |
2004-11-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO |
| 04HANOI2960 |
HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...] |
2004-11-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI3246 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...] |
2004-12-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS |
| 04HANOI3331 |
VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...] |
2004-12-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO |
| 04HANOI351 |
STAFFDEL FLICKNER'S TRIP TO VIETNAM [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel Flickner's visit to Vietnam January 10-15, the delegation met with the Office of the Government (OOG), during which its Vice Minister expressed his appreciation for U.S. assistance, requested continued support, and asked for continued dialogue on human rights and rel [...] |
2004-02-10 04:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAID ETRD PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS |
| 04HARARE1688 |
ZIMBABWE'S APPLICATION OF GUIDANCE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS |
| 04HARARE638 |
HIV/AIDS, ECONOMY EXACTING TOLL ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Almost one-tenth of Zimbabwe,s population consists of AIDS orphans-having lost one or both parents to the disease. Most try to carry on living as they had before, although some do take to the streets of the major cities to hustle for a living and/or turn to commercial sex work to make e [...] |
2004-04-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KHIV ZI HIV AIDS |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY1359 |
KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...] |
2004-10-27 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY1554 |
SHRIMP, DEVELOPMENT AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN SOC [...] (SBU) Shrimp farming in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is driving economic growth and poverty eradication. Beneficiaries include the large ethnic Khmer minority. Reports from exile groups of disenfranchisement and oppression of the Khmer appear out of date. The GVN began a l [...] |
2004-12-17 03:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREL SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR HIV AIDS |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY255 |
HO CHI MINH CITY OPENS THE DOOR TO CATHOLIC CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) In a small dinner on March 1 at his 100-year-old residence, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of HCMC, told the Consul General that he had just received a letter from Ho Chi Minh City authorities seeking assistance in dealing with the growing HIV/AIDS problem. The letter, signed by the [...] |
2004-03-09 13:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HIV AIDS RELFREE |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY75 |
HIV INFECTION RATES CLIMBING IN HCMC -- NEARING [...] Summary: On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Staffdel McCormick from the House Committee on International Relations met with local government officials and NGO partners involved in the city's fight against HIV/AIDS. Current estimates indicate that the infection rate in Vietnam is approaching one [...] |
2004-01-27 09:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAID KHIV SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 04LILONGWE1022 |
TIP: NEW MALAWI GOVERNMENT WORKING TO ADDRESS ROOT [...] (U) Charge and poloff paid an introductory call on Malawi's Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda on October 28. Charge used the opportunity to follow up on the previously raised issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) (reftel A), a topic Banda was eager to dis [...] |
2004-10-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN MI HIV AIDS |
| 04LILONGWE148 |
PRESIDENT GETS PERSONAL ABOUT AIDS AT LAUNCH OF [...] (SBU) At the February 10 launch of the National AIDS Policy, President Muluzi made the surprise announcement that one of his brothers had died three years ago as a result of AIDS. In the address attended by UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, Muluzi also declared he knows his HIV status [...] |
2004-02-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV TBIO EAID SOCI MI HIV AIDS |
| 04LILONGWE497 |
GLOBAL FUND'S EFFECTIVENESS IN MALAWI STIFLED [...] (SBU) The Global Fund's effectiveness in Malawi, the largest HIV/AIDS award recipient, has been stifled by operational and administrative problems. The goal of "limited oversight" has become unstructured and unwritten operational guidelines that are often confusing rather than liberating. Th [...] |
2004-06-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID TBIO SOCI MI WHO HIV AIDS |
| 04LILONGWE859 |
MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...] |
2004-09-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS |
| 04LILONGWE933 |
GLOBAL FUND: BUYING ON CREDIT IN MALAWI [...] Per reftel A request, post provides the following update on Global Fund activities in Malawi. SUMMARY ------- 2. As the end of year two of Global Fund in Malawi approaches, the GOM will likely exceed anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) goals, but wil [...] |
2004-09-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS |
| 04MAPUTO541 |
SCENESETTER FOR GAC AMBASSADOR RANDALL TOBIAS' [...] (C) Introduction and summary. Mozambique is at a critical stage in its efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In Southern Africa, Mozambique presents both the greatest challenges and possibly the greatest opportunity to become the next Uganda-like success in turning around the HIV/AIDS threat. [...] |
2004-04-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV PREL EAID MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 04MAPUTO655 |
Ambassador Randall Tobias' Visit to Mozambique [...] Summary: US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias visited Mozambique April 28-30 to discuss the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief with government officials, key implementing partners, and post's HIV-AIDS working group, and to see first-hand the challenges and opportunities [...] |
2004-05-13 06:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV KSPR EAID PREL MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 04MAPUTO99 |
Mocumbi - His days are numbered, it would seem [...] (SBU) Summary: At a Press conference held in Maputo January 20, Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi indicated that he will accept a position as the High Level Representative of a European Union Health Initiative. While he did not state when he would be leaving his current position, it appears that i [...] |
2004-01-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV MZ EUN HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05ABUJA1610 |
THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JUNE 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5 percent (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at lea [...] |
2005-08-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE1212 |
Poverty's Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in [...] Summary: The poor remain the hardest hit by the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. It is commonly accepted that since HIV/AIDS impacts the most productive members of society, there will be a concomitant reduction in economic growth (ref A), and potentially an increase in the number of people l [...] |
2005-08-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE405 |
BUILDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS [...] Summary: Botswana is one of 15 focus countries assisted by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In FY- 2004, the U.S. Mission in Botswana expended more than $18 million for Emergency Plan HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care. More than $35 million has been programmed in FY- [...] |
2005-03-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID KPAO BC HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE535 |
REFUGEES AT DUKWE REFUGEE CAMP SEEK ARV [...] (U) Summary: A March 31 visit to Botswana's Dukwe Refugee Camp by Ambassador Huggins revealed difficult living conditions and challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS within the camp's population. Community leaders at the Camp blamed the Government's policy of not providing ARV treatment to the refu [...] |
2005-04-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE767 |
REVIEWING BOTSWANA'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: In a May 30 meeting at the UNDP Resident Representative's office in Gaborone, Ambassador Huggins and visiting World Food Program's chief James Morris reviewed Botswana's need for development assistance in light of the inroads made by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and agreed that despite t [...] |
2005-06-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KHIV BC AGRIC HIV AIDS SADC |
| 05GABORONE879 |
ADDRESSING LABOR EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Summary: HIV/AIDS is slowing economic growth in Botswana by an estimated 1.5 percent per year, in part through its impact on labor - decreased productivity, increased leave taking, and lost workers. In order better to quantify this drag on growth, the GOB has begun to collect data on th [...] |
2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KHIV PGOV PHUM BC KPRP HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE951 |
REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA: AN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Botswana and the Francistown Vicariate of the Catholic Church are exploring the possibility of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to a limited number of refugees. Approximately 550 Angolan refugees are registered t [...] |
2005-07-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM AO CG WA ZI BC HIV AIDS |
| 05GABORONE953 |
HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA: FRANCISTOWN BUSINESSMEN [...] SUMMARY: HIV/AIDS is decreasing productivity and reducing economic growth in Botswana. According to members of the business community in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city where some of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the country are found, the costs of AIDS-related leave t [...] |
2005-07-08 11:06:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV ECON ELAB BC HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI1035 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call April 26 on Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Minh Hien. After expressing confidence that Vietnam would fully develop its national educational system, Hien acknowledged that Vietnam requires additional resources to raise its teaching s [...] |
2005-04-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB KPAO KIRC VM ETMIN HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI1065 |
VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although WTO accession continues to be the focus at the spring National Assembly (NA) session that opened on May 5, the Government has yet to show the swift actions on the legislative agenda needed to meet its December 2005 accession target. The Government also fails to acknow [...] |
2005-05-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIN ECON ETRD VM HIV AIDS AFLU WTO |
| 05HANOI1167 |
VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: The Deputy Secretary visited the National Institute for Clinical Research and Tropical Medicine (NICRTM) at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital on May 6 to learn about its programs for the care, treatment and identification of people living with HIV/AIDS. Hospital and program directors gave b [...] |
2005-05-19 02:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI1172 |
VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...] |
2005-05-19 03:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE |
| 05HANOI1416 |
The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...] |
2005-06-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC |
| 05HANOI1444 |
Vietnam Mid-Term Consultative Group Meeting [...] SUMMARY: The mid term consultative group meeting was held on 2-3 June in Can Tho. Presentations were made on a range of topics including corruption, development of Vietnam's new five year development plan and financial reform. Overall, however, the meeting was hampered because a draft five yea [...] |
2005-06-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | WTO IPROP HIV AIDS FINREF SOE |
| 05HANOI162 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF HEALTH, [...] Summary: In a January 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien thanked the United States for additional Emergency Plan funding for HIV/AIDS interventions in Vietnam. She responded to the Ambassador's push for more efficient and effective HIV/AIDS cooperation [...] |
2005-01-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OSCI VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI1888 |
DPM VU KHOAN MAKES URGENT WTO POINTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 25, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan to discuss Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Prime Minister is becoming concerned about the possibility that Vietnam will not be able to accede to WTO by its self-im [...] |
2005-07-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD VM WTRO WTO AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI223 |
VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER CHAIRS NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2004 in Ho Chi Minh City, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai chaired a National Conference on HIV/AIDS, the first such meeting he had ever attended. Co-chairing the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and the Ministers of Health, Labor and Public S [...] |
2005-01-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2398 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOH VM ON PEPFAR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Ambassador met September 9 with Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen to discuss the progress of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam, the activities leading to the development of the 06 Country Operational Plan (COP), the development of a p [...] |
2005-09-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2546 |
EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...] |
2005-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP |
| 05HANOI268 |
The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...] |
2005-02-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2823 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS WITH HAIPHONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On his second full day in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt SIPDIS traveled to the port city of Haiphong to survey the avian influenza (AI) and HIV/AIDS situations there. He met with local Haiphong Provincial Health Department officia [...] |
2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
| 05HANOI2824 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...] |
2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2825 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with the Director of Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, on October 14 to highlight NIHE's efforts to combat avian influenza (AI), learn about the Institute' [...] |
2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
| 05HANOI2826 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai October 14 to discuss bilateral health cooperation and mutual concerns about avian influenza (AI). The Prime Minister outlined Vietnam's commitment to tackle AI, [...] |
2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI284 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion February 1, the Ambassador previewed for Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang a proposed "work plan" to advance our religious freedom goals and ultimately remove Vietnam from the religious freedom Country of Particular Concern list. VFM Bang said [...] |
2005-02-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD CASC VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS ETMIN |
| 05HANOI2864 |
AMB VISITS QUANH NINH HIV/AIDS, TIP, DISABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador recently inspected several successful U.S.-funded aid projects in Quang Ninh Province. While demonstrating what can be achieved with only a modest investment of aid money, the trip also brought to light serious problems for people living with HIV/AIDS, and for the [...] |
2005-10-28 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM HIV AIDS TIP |
| 05HANOI313 |
NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien told visiting Senior Director for Asia Michael J. Green that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic about the bilateral relationship and, though very unhappy about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern for Rel [...] |
2005-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS APEC CVR |
| 05HANOI3214 |
VU KHOAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM HEADS OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan raised the following points while answering questions from thirty heads of mission and donor representatives at a meeting held December 1 in preparation for the December 6-7 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. One of the dramatic developments in Viet [...] |
2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID KHIV VM HIV AIDS FINREF AFLU WTO |
| 05HANOI3259 |
CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Congressman (and Vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with Vietnamese government officials, and Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist leaders in Hanoi on December 2. Principal issues discussed were improvements and chal [...] |
2005-12-13 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP HIV AIDS ETMIN |
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INITIAL RESULTS OF A USG-FUNDED TIP PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The Department of State (PRM) funded a USD 155,000 International Organization for Migration (IOM) project to combat trafficking in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. The project provides considerable training in preventing trafficking, HIV prevention and public health, in [...] |
2005-12-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PINS KWMN VM TIP HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI3337 |
VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...] |
2005-12-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF |
| 05HANOI3355 |
CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...] |
2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA |
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Codel McHugh Discusses Fullest Possible Accounting [...] (U) Summary: Representatives and Armed Services Committee Members John McHugh, Jim Marshall and Ken Calvert met February 22 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao and Vice Minister of Defense Colone [...] |
2005-02-24 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP VM HIV AIDS WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA |
| 05HANOI536 |
HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SENSITIVE: Please do not post on internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan). While HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is a relatively recent phenomenon compared with nearby Th [...] |
2005-03-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HARARE1440 |
ZIMBABWE ARV CRISIS LOOMING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS |
| 05HARARE1611 |
Fall in Zimbabwe's National HIV/AIDs Prevalence [...] The "Zimbabwe National HIV/AIDS Estimates 2005" will be officially released November 30 2005. The study's key finding is that the estimate of HIV/AIDS prevalence in adults (aged 15 to 49 years) was 20.1% in 2005, substantially lower than the 2003 estimate of 24.6%. The new figure represents [...] |
2005-11-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI HIV AIDS |
| 05HARARE424 |
CHILD MARRIAGE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ and NGOs in Zimbabwe have not focused significantly on the issue of child marriage to date, focusing more on the effects of households headed by children in a society devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The following corresponds to questions in [...] |
2005-03-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI KWMN ZI HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1043 |
BINH DINH PROVINCE: GETTING IT RIGHT [...] (U): Binh Dinh Province, on Vietnam's central coast, is significantly out-performing its neighbors. Despite the poor resources and traditional poverty of the central region, Binh Dinh ranked 21st out of 61 provinces in the UNDP 2003 Vietnam Millennium Development Goals Index, and 12th out of [...] |
2005-10-04 06:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ETRD PHUM SENV VM HIV AIDS SOE |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1073 |
RIOT AT HCMC DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 2 riot in a HCMC juvenile rehabilitation center for drug users and sex workers resulted in the escape of approximately 800 detainees. Most of the detainees have returned to the center, some voluntarily, some involuntarily. Authorities reported to us that fewer than [...] |
2005-10-14 12:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM KHIV VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY11 |
DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] |
2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1152 |
HCMC CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE PUSHES FOR GREATER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) From October 27 to 29, the HCMC Archdiocese hosted an international workshop on strategies to care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The declared goal of the workshop was to develop a concrete action plan for the Church on HIV/AIDS in HCMC. The unwritten subtext was an effort to p [...] |
2005-11-04 03:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HIV AIDS HUMANR |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1293 |
VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH TO HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one day visit December 4, Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, prominent political dissidents and religious freedom activists. HCMC officials did not make any tangible commitments, but acknowledged their obligation to create a positiv [...] |
2005-12-15 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM VM HIV AIDS HUMANR RELFREE |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1311 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO HCMC AND BINH DUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's December 15 and 16 visits to one of HCMC's 21 drug rehabilitation centers and a local HIV testing and ARV treatment center highlighted the challenges facing the city in planning for the upcoming release of some of the centers' 30,000 residents, many of whom are H [...] |
2005-12-21 12:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SOCI SNAR TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY132 |
DEPUTY GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary. Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, heard from government officials, health care providers, and NGO directors who expressed thanks for USG assistance to combat HIV/AIDS and pointed out the need for further anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and technical traini [...] |
2005-02-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PGOV EAID PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY160 |
HIV/AIDS INTER-FAITH SERVICE DRAWS TOP CITY [...] (U) Over 6,000 people attended an inter-faith prayer service to raise HIV/AIDS awareness organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of February 15. Senior city government and Party leaders as well as heads of Vietnam's six recognized religions participated in the [...] |
2005-02-16 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV KHIV VM RELFREE HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY383 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HCMC DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied the CG, PolOff and notetaker, met HCMC Deputy Party Secretary Le Hoang Quan at HCMC's Communist Party Headquarters on March 30. The Ambassador, noting the ongoing port call of the USS Gary to HCMC, said that he believed that the U.S.-Vietnam relationship had i [...] |
2005-04-12 08:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF PHUM VM HUMANR HIV AIDS RELFREE |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY398 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, HIV/AIDS AND HCMC'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC is struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for injecting drug users, one of the principal vectors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam. HCMC maintains 21 rehabilitation centers for roughly 30,000 drug addicts, who are administratively -- and oft [...] |
2005-04-14 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY609 |
HUE DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to Hue, Catholic and Protestant leaders painted a picture of an increasingly tolerant provincial leadership. Overall, they have made more tangible progress in urban areas than in the rural hinterland. There is budding cooperation between religious groups [...] |
2005-06-09 01:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY984 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND HIV/AIDS IN HCMC (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) The visit of an INL-led team to HCMC underscored the need for new approaches in drug rehabilitation and in HCMC's 20 drug rehabilitation centers. HCMC is still struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for the 30,000 injecting drug users and commercial sex wor [...] |
2005-09-16 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM VM KHIV CNARC HIV AIDS RELFREE |
| 05LILONGWE402 |
SUCCESS OF AN ARV PROGRAM: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT [...] Summary: Malawi has been making remarkable progress in the roll-out of its Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) funded Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Program. It appears that treatment goals will be met and testing goals exceeded. Some government officials are now asking why Malawi cannot r [...] |
2005-05-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS |
| 05LILONGWE509 |
MALAWI: POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (U) Malawi 2. (U) Grant No: MLW-102-G01-H-00 Phase 1 amount: $41,751,500.00 Phase 2 amount requested in proposal: $155 million 3. (SBU) Overall Comments/Recommendations: Post recommends funding Malawi's Phase II, HIV/AIDS proposal at the levels requested. However, approval of Phase II [...] |
2005-06-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO MI HIV AIDS |
| 05LILONGWE539 |
REQUEST FOR PEPFAR GUIDANCE [...] Malawi is one of the USG Missions receiving more than $10 million in USG funding for HIV/AIDS programs. We understand that Malawi and other posts in the "over $10 million" category will have new reporting requirements, but to date we have not received any formal notification from OGAC/State o [...] |
2005-06-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI MI HIV AIDS |
| 05LILONGWE542 |
REQUEST FOR PEPFAR GUIDANCE [...] Malawi is one of the USG Missions receiving more than $10 million in USG funding for HIV/AIDS programs. We understand that Malawi and other posts in the "over $10 million" category will have new reporting requirements, but to date we have not received any formal notification from OGAC/State o [...] |
2005-06-27 05:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI MI HIV AIDS |
| 05LILONGWE598 |
USING CULTURE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: Using a $6,000 travel grant, Public Affairs invited Dr. Jack Allison to return to Malawi June 3 to participate in a three-week speaker program entitled "Using Music to Combat HIV/AIDS." Dr. Allison served as a PCV from 1966-68 and became famous in Malawi for using music to deliver h [...] |
2005-07-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL KSEP MI IIP HIV AIDS |
| 05MAPUTO308 |
U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VISITS [...] Summary: On February 15-18, a high-level USDA delegation, led by Deputy Secretary James Moseley, visited Mozambique to gain a better understanding of International Baby Food Network (IBFAN)-funded activities on breast-feeding, infant feeding and nutrition. USDA is reviewing IBFAN's 2004 Propos [...] |
2005-03-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KHIV ECON ETRD MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05MAPUTO365 |
RESULTS REPORT: IIP SPEAKER ANDREW PETKUN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO WZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05MAPUTO538 |
WHO: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS DEMARCHE - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL PTER MZ WHO HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05MAPUTO692 |
MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...] |
2005-06-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 06HANOI1916 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, TIP, LABOR EXPORT LAW AND [...] (SBU) On July 20, the Ambassador met with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Social Affairs Committee to encourage legislation supporting HIV/AIDS programs, assisting counter-trafficking in persons efforts, establishing labor export oversight and establishing better foreign adoption c [...] |
2006-07-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR TIP HIV AIDS ETRD EINV ECON VM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK231 |
AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S FEB. 27 MEETING WITH UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Kerim told Ambassador Khalilzad he hoped the First Lady could attend the General Assembly's June 10-11 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS and said he hoped U.S. immigration restrictions on HIV-positive visitors would not prevent several invited speakers from attending. On UN managem [...] |
2008-03-14 00:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL ECON CVIS AJ KV AIDS |