AIDS

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• Morocco Launches Massive HIV and Syphilis Screening for 20,000 Prisoners
  9 December 2019, by Ginette

  The AIDS screening campaign launched in Moroccan prisons ends on December 25. According to the General Delegation for Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), 20,000 inmates will benefit from it.
  This screening campaign was launched as part of World AIDS Day celebrated every December 1st. The DGAPR, in a press release explaining the rationale for this action, indicated that syphilis screening is also underway for the benefit of 2,000 prisoners.
  The Association for the Fight against (…)

• Morocco’s HIV Hotspots: Four Cities Lead in AIDS Cases as Nation Plans Awareness Campaign
  3 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  Nearly 21,000 Moroccans are infected with HIV, according to the 2018 statistics of the United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). Worse, 30% of these HIV-positive people are unaware patients.
  While the Souss-Massa, Marrakech-Safi and Casablanca-Settat regions account for 65% of HIV-positive people, four cities are more affected by HIV/AIDS. Among them is the city of Nador, with a prevalence of 13.2%, Casablanca (9%), Tetouan (7.1%) and Marrakech (5.7%).
  In addition, infection (…)

• Fez Joins Global Network of Cities Fighting AIDS Epidemic
  18 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Fez is now part of the Global Network of Cities Most Committed to Fighting AIDS, called "Fast track cities". This is an approach aimed at accelerating local responses of cities to this disease.
  The signing of the "AIDS-free city" declaration took place on Thursday, with the aim of allowing Fez to be part of this approach supported by four partners, including the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), UNAIDS, UN-Habitat and the city of Paris.
  This partnership aims (…)

• Moroccan Women Face HIV Crisis: 70% Infected by Husbands, Study Finds
  10 March 2020, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan women are the primary victims of HIV/AIDS. The discrimination they face complicates their access to testing.
  In Morocco, out of the 21,000 people living with HIV, 40% are women and 70% of them have been infected by their husbands, according to the Association for the Fight against AIDS (ALCS).
  According to the ALCS, several factors limit Moroccan women’s access to information and care services, and make it difficult to raise awareness among them. There is mainly their (…)

• Morocco Introduces HIV Self-Test Kits in Pharmacies for 195 Dirhams
  17 April 2021, by Jonas

  At a price of 195 dirhams in pharmacies, these self-tests come in the form of a saliva test. It was authorized by the Ministry of Health after an acceptability study of the product conducted by the Association for the Fight against AIDS (ALCS) with 4,000 samples.
  The kit contains a spatula that must be passed over the upper and lower gums, before dipping it in a liquid and waiting, like a pregnancy test, for the appearance of one or two bars on the test. One bar means you are not infected (…)

• UN Report: 21,000 Moroccans Living with HIV, 30% Undiagnosed
  28 December 2019, by Ginette

  21,000 adults are HIV positive in Morocco. These figures come from the United Nations program for HIV, which published the 2018 statistics on the number of Moroccans infected with the virus.
  Among the 21,000 Moroccans living with HIV, 30% do not even know they are carriers. The most affected people remain those who inject drugs with a prevalence rate of 7.9%; homosexuals with 5.7%, sex workers with 1.3% and prisoners with 0.5%, according to vh.ma
  In 2018, the Moroccan Association for (…)

• HIV Rates in Morocco: Young Adults and At-Risk Groups Most Affected, Study Finds
  29 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  Nearly 22,000 people live with HIV in Morocco without knowing it, or 22% of Moroccan people living with HIV, according to the Association for the Fight against AIDS (ALCS).
  According to the ALCS, 34% of the 850 new infections concern 15-24 year olds. In the lot, there are also 300 deaths. In total, 67% of new infections are found in the networks of the populations most at risk of infection. 70.7% of women are infected by their spouse, the same source specifies.
  The ALCS also states that (…)

• Morocco to Launch Pilot Study for Rapid HIV Self-Testing Kits
  9 April 2019, by Kamal

  A pilot study on HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) screening, using a rapid diagnostic self-test, will be launched by the ALCS (Association for the Fight Against AIDS), starting next May, subject to the approval of the Directorate of Medicines and Pharmacy (DMP).
  Scheduled for a duration of nine months, the study will assess the effectiveness of the self-test on known HIV-positive people with the association, before being submitted to the ethics committee, which will rule on a possible (…)

• HIV-Positive Moroccans Face Stigma and Rejection, Workshop Reveals
  29 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  During a workshop, "Self-esteem", organized by the Moroccan Association for the Fight against AIDS (ALCS), people living with HIV expressed their feelings and denounced the inhumane treatment they often suffer once they reveal their serological status.
  The gaze of others, people living with HIV fear it especially when their interlocutor knows a little too much about their health status. "Here (among his friends of the same serological status, Ed.), I feel normal, they treat me like a (…)

• Morocco Launches Study on HIV Prevalence Among LGBTQ Community
  16 October 2020, by Kamal

  According to a press release from the regional directorate of the Ministry of Health in Marrakech, the study will be organized in association with NGOs and the United Nations program for the fight against AIDS. Spread over a period of 2 months, between October and December 2020, this study will be carried out according to a previously established protocol.
  In addition to epidemiological monitoring, it will make it possible to update the data relating to this category of the population, to (…)