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Yemen opens new centres to fight Aids
A total of 14 centres for HIV/Aids voluntary check ups and consultations were opened in six main cities, to fight the disease.
- By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
- Published: 23:29 November 17, 2008
Sana'a: A total of 14 centres for HIV/Aids voluntary check ups and consultations were opened in six main cities, to fight the disease.
According to officials in Yemen new cases rose to 2,432 this year. The centres target the prevention of the spreading of HIV/Aids, said Dr Abdul Hamid Al Suhaibi, Director of the National Programme for Combating HIV/Aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Al Suhaibi said the centres were opened in the capital Sana'a, Taiz, Ibb, Dhammar, Hadramout, and Hudeidah.
The programme aims at providing preventive services to prevent transfer of the HIV/Aids disease from mother to children.
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