Up to 16,000 HIV in Morocco, 'model country' in fighting AIDS
Morocco, Health, 4/26/2005

Between 13,000 and 16,000 people are HIV positive in Morocco where only 1587 AIDS cases were recorded between 1986 and 2004,according to experts of the "Commission africaine interactive de gouvernance" who met here Saturday.

"Morocco is a model country in fighting AIDS," said African experts pointing out that only 1587 AIDS cases were recorded between 1986 and 2004, while AIDS treatment cost per HIV positive in a month dropped from MAD 13,000 (nearly US$ 1,500) to MAD 800 (less than US$ 100) in 2004.

The 120 experts from 20 African countries that took part in the meeting, held for the first time in a North African country, called on South-South cooperation to alleviate the phenomenon hazards.

The experts pointed out that priority should be given to the most vulnerable countries through supporting financial, Medicaid and prevention programmes particularly those targeting youth.

The meeting called for reinforcing regional partnership in managing local and international funds and decentralising the sanitary system to cover the Sub-Saharan villages.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Moroccan minister of Health, Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah said that governments and NGOs should work hand in hand to fight this phenomenon through mobilising financial and human resources and improving competences.

He also briefed the experts on the Moroccan experience in this field stressing the importance of civil society and NGOs to fight HIV.

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