Evaluating AIDS in Sana’a [Archives:2002/51/Local News]

SANA’A – Immigrants to Yemen are are part of the focus of a new health ministry program to study AIDS in the capital secretariat and the surrounding areas.
These areas are known to have immigrants from the neighboring countries where AIDS is widely spread.
The surveys have been conducted by the national program for rolling back AIDS. It’s estimated more than 400,000 thousand people in the Arab world have AIDS.
On his part, Dr. Abdulkareem Shaiban, Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Public Health & Population, says that the health ministry faces several problems, including the immigration of people from the adjacent countries, both legally and illegally: people who can bring with them several diseases including AIDS.
He noted further both national and international organizations operating in Yemen are doing their best to to tackle the issues.
Raising public awareness is part of that. Delivering lectures and holding instruction symposiums is crucial to that process also.

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