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Cairo, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) – Egypt is implementing a plan to eradicate HIV / AIDS in the country by 2030, said Tuesday at the head of the preventive medicine sector of the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Health and Population, Alaa Eid.
Eid, on the sidelines of a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with UNAIDS, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, under the slogan "Know … tick .. your favorite on your side, "that" Egypt is ranked among the least rich countries in HIV infection rate because infection rates represent less than 0.02% of the population. "
He added that the Ministry of Health was implementing an AIDS eradication plan in Egypt by 2030, referring to the intensification of programs and effective surveillance efforts, awareness raising. counseling centers for people infected with the disease and on the optional examination.
He pointed out that the Ministry of Health provides services to AIDS patients in secret and to the same extent as the rest of the patients to maintain their health, prevent complications and fully comply with the procedures for the control of the infection. .
He noted that the ministry has been successful in providing prevention services to pregnant women with the virus, 100% of them, to reach infected children.
He pointed out that the supply of antivirals for 100% of PLHIV registered in 14 centers under the Ministry of Health, at the expense of the state.
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