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Jordan has revealed the latest statistics on HIV infection "AIDS" among expatriates in the country.
Dr. Ibrahim Badwan, director of the Department of Chest Diseases and Expatriate Health, said that the procedures and preventive measures introduced to the Directorate had uncovered these cases as well as 199 cases of tuberculosis among expatriates, including 25 cases pulmonary tuberculosis. According to the Jordanian newspaper "Al Ghad".
The Branch recorded 63 cases of hepatitis, of which Ugandan and Filipino nationals were the most affected by 15 and 14 respectively.
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Mr. Badwan explained that Jordan is one of the ten least populated countries in the region, noting that the undiscovered cases of refugees and workers in Jordan, the most dangerous for the security of the community, do not occur. do not move or that the required medical examinations are not carried out, avoiding certain recruitment offices. From these tests.
He added that the high cost of treatment and follow-up of TB patients in general between Syrian refugees and expatriates affects the TB control program in a number of ways, in addition to the indirect impact in terms of increasing the number of TB patients. cases discovered in the coming years. The wounded Syrians.
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