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DOHA: The Hamad Medical Society (HMC) Transitional Disease Center is organizing a series of educational activities on the occasion of World AIDS Day, which is celebrated around the world on December 1 of each year. year..
The events are intended to raise public awareness of health, inform the public about the complications of this disease and ways to prevent it, and encourage it to fight HIV and AIDS. other badually transmitted diseases..
Data indicates that about 1.8 million new HIV infections are registered worldwide in 2017.
Dr. Abdullatif Al-Khall, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Director of the AIDS Program at Hamad Medical Corporation, said that HIV infection is mainly through badual contact with an infected person without knowing it. . Need to redouble efforts to provide health education in the community, define the risks of this disease, define the modes of transmission and propose diagnostic tests.
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He explained that early detection of HIV infection guarantees the patient the best available treatment outcomes and can help raise public awareness and health education to eliminate the disease, noting that HIV is transmitted primarily by bad or by injection. Directly through a needle or syringe previously used by another infected person.
Dr. Al-Khal explained that the disease could also be transmitted from the mother to her fetus during pregnancy and delivery, stressing that every pregnant woman should be tested for HIV early in her pregnancy. The virus for his fetus.
He also pointed out that the State of Qatar had developed a national program to fight HIV / AIDS through the Ministry of Public Health. The goal of this program was to raise public awareness of HIV and to provide the best possible care for patients with this disease in Qatar..
Prevention
Dr. Hossam Al-Sa 'oub, senior consultant for infectious diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, said that HIV / AIDS is a badually transmitted disease and that all individuals must take all necessary steps to protect themselves from the disease. # 39; infection..
"Gonorrhea and syphilis are among the most common types of badually transmitted diseases, and the transmission of these two diseases from one person to another through intimate physical contact, including badual intercourse," said Dr. al Saoub. "Sexually transmitted infections are common diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 1 million new cases of badually transmitted infections (STDs) occur every day in the world .".
He stressed the importance of conducting regular examinations to detect these diseases, when it is possible that the person infected by one of these diseases is not aware of them..
"It is important to know that badually transmitted diseases do not all cause symptoms, because a person can be infected with one of these diseases without knowing it and that is why it is advisable to proceed with regular medical examinations, even if Do not have any symptoms or any noticeable signs of any of these diseases, and people who wish to be tested for HIV or another badually transmitted disease can make an appointment in their primary health care center for the necessary tests.".
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