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Counter-influenza panel to convene in emergency meeting over Corona disease Monday
Egypt

Counter-influenza panel to convene in emergency meeting over Corona disease Monday

The Health Ministry's counter-influenza panel will hold an emergency meeting on Monday afternoon at the Health Ministry, headed by Health…
A year after announcing he had HIV, Maged El Rabeiy is fighting on
Health & Fitness

A year after announcing he had HIV, Maged El Rabeiy is fighting on

In June last year, during an anti-stigma conference, Maged El Rabeiy announced that he had HIV, the virus that causes…
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…
Asmaa: An HIV patient’s struggle against social stigma in Egypt
Cinema/TV

Asmaa: An HIV patient’s struggle against social stigma in Egypt

Amr Salama’s latest film “Asmaa” stirred up a lot of hype before it opened in Egyptian movie theaters last week.…
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…
Interior Ministry implements phase two of AIDS examination in prisons
Egypt

Interior Ministry implements phase two of AIDS examination in prisons

The Ministry of Interior Affairs Prison Sector has started a second phase of counseling services and AIDS examinations inside prisons,…
Egypt’s HIV epidemic
Opinion

Egypt’s HIV epidemic

With only five years remaining in which to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called…
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