Minister of Health: AIDS treatment is 100% covered and treatment is free

Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, confirmed that AIDS is a global problem that can affect anyone in the world and added that the treatment protocols for the disease have been updated according to the latest version.

The Minister of Health made it clear that the ministry began fighting AIDS 25 years ago, noting that Egypt is committed to implementing global and international strategies to combat the disease and is also determined to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with rapid provision of care for patients diagnosed with the disease.

This took place during the celebration of the 32nd International AIDS Day by the Ministry of Health and Population with the slogan “Towards global solidarity and sustainable coverage of services”.

The Ministry of Health and Population continued: The Ministry urges the provision of health care for AIDS patients for life, while the Ministry provides services for the treatment of chronic diseases for these patients, noting that 13 new AIDS treatment centers, so that health coverage becomes 100% in all governorates at the time of opening on the 18th that treatment is provided to AIDS patients for a period of 3 months since the start of the Corona pandemic, records all drugs for treatment and activates electronic systems to register and monitor patients.

The health minister added that self-destructive syringes are being used to prevent the spread of AIDS and blood viruses, indicating the provision of training programs on treatment protocols.

The Arab Republic of Egypt is one of the countries recognized as a country with a low prevalence among the general population (0.02%), with some evidence of epidemics concentrated among the most vulnerable groups such as young people (15 to 49 years) and c ‘is a local study estimated that an AIDS patient costs the state around £ 1 million. Over its entire lifespan, however, there has been an annual increase in newly discovered cases of approximately 25-35% each year for the past 10 years.