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Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt
Health & Fitness

Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt

Egyptian-born Wafaa El-Sadr — originally a graduate from Qasr al-Aini Medical School in 1975 — is currently the director of the International Center for…
Thursday’s papers: Mubarak trial, election forecast and texts from 2011
Egypt

Thursday’s papers: Mubarak trial, election forecast and texts from 2011

The trial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his sons and other former officials, are the subject of most of today’s…
UNAIDS urges action against HIV in Middle East and North Africa
Health & Fitness

UNAIDS urges action against HIV in Middle East and North Africa

Though HIV has been rapidly sweeping the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 2001, making it one of…
AIDS at 30 – no looking back
Opinion

AIDS at 30 – no looking back

We look back at the last 30 years of AIDS, so that we can shape the future of the response.…
Eliminating the stigma of AIDS
Health & Fitness

Eliminating the stigma of AIDS

The Forum to Fight Stigma and Discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) held a press conference at the Flamenco…
Buying birth control: Sexual stigmas and STDs
Life & Style

Buying birth control: Sexual stigmas and STDs

In Egypt, where no national survey has been conducted on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV in over ten…
Total documented AIDS cases in Egypt since 1986: 3313
Egypt

Total documented AIDS cases in Egypt since 1986: 3313

The number of known AIDS cases in Egypt since the first documented diagnosis in 1986 total 3313, according to the…
NGO: Egypt suffers from high hepatitis C and AIDS rates
Egypt

NGO: Egypt suffers from high hepatitis C and AIDS rates

CARE International official Ghada Ezz Eddin on Monday said Egypt suffers from high rates of hepatitis C, and that AIDS…
Interior Ministry to expand healthcare initiatives in prisons
Egypt

Interior Ministry to expand healthcare initiatives in prisons

The Ministry of Interior Affairs' prison sector is beginning counseling services and AIDS optional examinations at 42 prisons in an…
UN HIV/AIDS envoy: Egypt needs consistent policies
Egypt

UN HIV/AIDS envoy: Egypt needs consistent policies

Nafis Sadiq, special envoy for the UN secretary general on HIV/AIDS, spoke to Al-Masry Al-Youm this week on HIV/AIDS-related achievements,…
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