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Abdul Karim Al-Abdullah
Majda Al-Qattan, Assistant Under-Secretary for Public Health Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Chair of the National AIDS Committee, announced that the ministry would assist in the organization of anti-AIDS prevention campaigns. "in accordance with the global recommendations, customs and values of our Islamic community, noting that these campaigns and efforts had no effect. To prevent transmission of HIV / AIDS, but for more than 20 other diseases transmitted in the same way and by the same means,
This was part of a statement on the sidelines of the closing of World AIDS Day, organized by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) , who participated in 16 secondary schools under the program "AIDS can be prevented".
Dr. Al-Qattan emphasized the Ministry of Health's treatment of HIV / AIDS in a transparent manner, like all other diseases, and treated it as a chronic disease, fighting against them. prejudices and unreasonable criticism against the wounded. We seek to involve civil society and strengthen its role in the eradication of the AIDS epidemic "
"We are starting to see positive results from awareness campaigns conducted over the past period, such as increasing the number of tests and early detection of the disease, and we expect an improvement in Kuwait's ranking. compared to the global AIDS indicators this year,
"These year-round, youth-focused, youth and vulnerable awareness events are based on the third goal of the third sustainable development goal of ending the life of the community." AIDS epidemic by 2030,
She added "
UNESCO Secretary-General Professor Nadia Al-Wazzan praised the activities organized by the network of secondary schools affiliated to UNESCO on the occasion of World AIDS Day, which included exhibitions, lectures, radio speeches and competitions.
"These programs are focused on building the capacity, values, and awareness of the health challenges facing students, and we hope that this fruitful cooperation with the Ministry of Health will build generations with the banner of the future and the future. participate in the achievement of the ambitious objectives of the development plans,
In addition, the National Standing Committee on AIDS organized a workshop entitled "The Psychological Needs of People Living with HIV / AIDS and Skills to Address It" in the presence of activists from the psychiatry sectors, mental health and social services, as well as a large number of medical, nursing and administrative staff directly involved in the treatment. In collaboration with the Communicable Disease Hospital and the Kuwait Mental Health Center.
The committee's secretary, Dr Munther Al-Hasawi, praised the success of the workshop and made a number of recommendations that would help raise the level of psychosocial support for PLHIV, such as launching practical measures. to eliminate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV, In addition to informing people living with HIV of their rights, as provided for in national laws and regulations and other recommendations .
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