Injecting drug use accounted for 2. Males are four times more likely to have HIV than females, but this may be due to more men being tested than women. Other people likely to be exposed to HIV in Egypt include street children, prisoners, and refugees. With an estimated tuberculosis TB incidence of 11 new cases per , people, Egypt has relatively low levels of TB according to data from the World Health Organization.
However, there has been an annual increase of newly discovered cases by about percent every year over the past 10 years. He explained that the organization supports the Egyptian Government to strengthen its health systems and help it to progress towards universal health coverage so that all individuals would have access to the services they need without facing financial difficulties.
JAbbour pointed out that universal health coverage is an opportunity to accelerate efforts to eliminate AIDS, referring to the great success achieved by the campaign " Million Health," which is a model to be followed to face health problems. Out of this number, 7, were receiving antivira therapy medication ART after having detected their status in In the age group of 25 to 35 years, those who voluntarily tested and discovered their status were 42 percent.
Since, , the rate of infections of Egypt has risen exponentially despite the fact it is one of the low prevalence countries among general population 0. Despite the fact that both are incurable, an HIV-affected person could live a complete and healthy life to elderly age provided the load is monitored. Hence, there is great importance attributed to early stage testing — a practice that is often overlooked in Egypt due to poor sexual health education.
It is estimated that efforts to decrease the number of affected are obstructed by violent social stigma, lack of awareness about testing methods and lack of resources.
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