Governmental report: 50 AIDS cases in Marib

English - Tuesday 07 January 2020 الساعة 08:16 am
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The Public Health and Population Office in Marib, eastern Yemen, revealed dozens of HIV / AIDS cases during the year 2019.

According to a report issued by the health office, the number of people living with HIV / AIDS in Marib reached 50 during the past year.

And last month, the director of the health office in Marib announced that two members of the legality-affiliated army had contracted HIV / AIDS amid great secrecy.

In mid-2018, the United Nations warned about the spread of HIV infection in Yemen, after statistics prepared by an international program showed a sharp rise in HIV infection rates.