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Kuwait Calls For Continuing International Efforts Fighting Hiv/aids
Kuwait called on Friday to continue working on fighting HIV/AIDS, and exchange information and experiences in this field to combat this virus. This came in the speech of State of Kuwait delivered by Chancellor Tahani Al-Nasser during the UN General Assembly’s special session discussing ways of fighting HIV/AIDS.
In the speech, Al-Nasser welcomed the UN secretary general’s report on fighting Aids issued on March 31. She expressed thanks to the important information mentioned in the report explaining the progress made in fulfilling the commitments made in the 2016 Political Declaration. Many countries have fulfilled their commitments in terms of access to health services, advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies, and enhancing the performance of health systems in general, she added. This contributed to a 39 percent decrease in deaths from AIDS-related causes from 2010 to 2019, while HIV infections decreased by 23 percent since 2010, she added. On the other hand, Chancellor Al-Nasser expressed disappointment that progress is still far below the level of global commitments for many reasons, most notably the lack of investment in comprehensive HIV prevention and other social and humanitarian constraints. This led to an increase in the number of new infections recently, compared to the previous years.
Since 2016, an additional 3.5 million people were infected, and 820,000 people have died, she explained, stressing the importance of strengthen cooperation between relevant agencies and bodies. In her speech, the Chancellor stressed that Kuwait realizes the importance of prevention and care for HIV cases. Kuwait has formed a multi-sectoral high-level national committee to combat AIDS, this developed strategic plan that focused on prevention, education and treatment, she noted Alnasser praised Kuwait as being one of the pioneering countries that has a number of preventive laws against the HIV/AIDS, in addition of participating in International activities, conferences, and meetings in this field.
SOURCE : TIMES KUWAIT
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