Study: 70% of Moroccan Women with HIV Infected by Husbands, New Cases Rising

According to Al Massae which exploits the study report, homosexuals are the most exposed to HIV/AIDS after women. The same source indicates that there are, in Morocco, 1,000 new infections and 700 deaths per year related to the virus. At the regional level, 62% of HIV-positive cases were detected in Souss-Massa, Casablanca-Settat and Marrakech-Safi.

In addition to the multiple awareness campaigns carried out during the past year, the public authorities have continued to make efforts to ensure that patients have access to medicines at preferential prices or even free access to therapies, the study says.