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Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, assistant in charge of public health issues, Magda Al-Qattan yesterday said that health awareness was one of the most important factors to avoid diseases.
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), participated in the activities of 16 secondary schools under the title "AIDS is preventable". Considering that it is a chronic illness, the ministry attacks prejudices and unreasonable criticism towards infected persons and seeks to involve civil society and to strengthen its role in eliminating the "AIDS epidemic" by providing support and information.
In the coming period, the ministry will organize HIV / AIDS prevention campaigns, she said, noting that these campaigns and efforts had an impact not only on preventing the spread of HIV / AIDS, but on more than 20 other diseases transmitted in the same way and by analogous means.
"We are starting to see positive results from awareness campaigns conducted over the past period, such as the increase in the number of tests and the early detection of the disease, and we expect an improvement in the ranking of the disease. Kuwait in relation to the global AIDS indicators this year. "
The year-round awareness-raising activities targeting young people, adolescents and the most vulnerable come from the third objective of the third sustainable development goal, which is to end the "AIDS epidemic". by 2030.
In turn, UNESCO Secretary-General Nadia Al-Wazzan hailed the activities organized by the UNESCO-affiliated secondary school network on the occasion of World Day. AIDS, which included exhibitions, lectures, radio speeches and competitions.
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