07 HIV/AIDS-RELATED MEDICAL SERVICES ARE COVERED BY THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
This is the content prescribed in the Circular No. 27/2018/TT-BYT dated October 26, 2018 of the Ministry of Health providing guidance on health insurance and provision of covered medical services for people with HIV/AIDS.
Accordingly, when using HIV/AIDS-related medical services, HIV-infected patients participating in health insurance shall have the costs of the following covered by the health insurance fund:
- Antiretroviral drugs;
- HIV testing for women who are in pregnant or childbirth performed at the professional request in case costs of such tests are not covered by any other sources of finance;
- Abortion on HIV-infected women;
- HIV diagnosis and testing, ARV and other HIV/AIDS-related medical services for children of HIV-infected women;
- HIV testing required in medical examination and treatment;
- HIV testing and treatment with ARV for HIV-exposed people, people accidentally infected with HIV;
- Preventive treatment for opportunistic infections.
Noticeably, this Circular prescribes that: A policyholder who has been receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS with using ARV at a provincial- or central-level health facility before January 01, 2019 is allowed to continue receiving HIV/AIDS treatment from that provincial- or central-level health facility until December 31, 2019 inclusively.
This Circular takes effect on January 01, 2019.
