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 "El Masry El Youm" Egyptian Today News paper called upon its readers to deeply think in Hamda’s inspiring story. Hamda is a man living with HIV, with great wisdom born off his unique trial with the disease. Since his surgery which happened to be the cause of infection through blood transfusion, he decided to confront all obstacles to live a normal life like anybody else. He says: "I decided to confront the disease, to play, laugh and live, and I will watch the football match between Egypt and Algeria .. It’s hard to wait for your demise."
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 El-Wafd Egyptian newspaper dedicated a whole page about the report Hend Salim published on the 24th of Dec 2008. The report highlights the suffering of PLWH in the Arab Region. The reporter used a sympathetic language toward PLWH, especially that she have witnessed this group’s day to day life, and the kind of suffering due to stigma and discrimination they go through because of how society treat them.
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 Basic facts about HIV might scatter away in the midst of ignoring the issue, claiming that we are immune to HIV infection, and in the midst of stigma and discrimination against PLWH.
On December 7th 2009, Al Jazeera Satellite channel hosted Dr. Ehab El Kharrat; HARPAS senior advisor and two persons living with HIV. Dr. Ehab spoke about these facts and other related issues on the show.
Dr. El Kharrat stressed - in the interview - on the role that HARPAS plays in spreading awareness about HIV, and confronting stigma and discrimination against PLWH, especially the exceptional work that has been done with influential societal leaders like religious leaders and members from the media community which improved HIV response in the region.
Dr. El Kharrat referred to the Religious Leaders’ Cairo declaration (Muslims and Christians) which called for total support of PLWH, and confrontation of the culture of stigma and discrimination in all Arab societies. He also mentioned the training that religious leaders and preachers in Morocco received on HIV. He also emphasized that PLWH need legal protection, and support groups. He pointed out that day to day living with PLWH does not transmit the virus.
On the other hand, two persons living with HIV showed how much stigma they had to endure even from their closest relatives who boycotted them. They mentioned that they have been expelled from their jobs several times because of their HIV status. They emphasized the role that NGOs play in supporting PLWH, and the role of government to provide access to HIV treatment .. Watch entire show |
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 Although HIV in the Middle East and North Africa is currently characterized as a low seroprevalence epidemic, there are numerous factors that are present in the region that could prevent-or exacerbate-the epidemic. The time to invest substantially in prevention-and gender-specific prevention in particular-is now. Given that most policy makers do not make gender-specific plans as epidemics progress, the research team-which draws upon expertise from both within and outside the region-worked together to make programmatic and policy suggestions in the Middle East and North Africa region in 5 key areas. The HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) , Dr Khadija Moalla was one of the research team. In short, this work builds upon many ongoing efforts in the region and elucidates some of the links between gendered empowerment and health outcomes around the world, particularly HIV and AIDS... To access the FREE full text of this article, please click here, PDF
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 Nessma Channel, one of the most widely spread satellite channels in The Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisie) hosts Dr. Khadija Moalla, HIV Practice Leader and UNDP/HARPAS Regional Coordinator, along with a number of Tunisian community stars in an episode that lasted for more than two hours on air in 4 December 2009 to discuss AIDS on the AIDS Day.
The episode tackled various important topics related to AIDS/SIDA in the Arab World, most significant of which were reasons that stand behind refraining from voluntary tests, rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV), reasons for infection and efforts exerted by the HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) to overcome stigmatization against this group. The episode included numerous external reports made with the purpose of identifying the degree of awareness and knowledge of Tunisian youth as regards the disease and its virus.. See the full episode on the following link |
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Hadeer Hassan, Ahmed Balah: ”I used to see him sitting among his peers in an open circle, taking drugs while sharing one syringe. I advised him a lot, fearing for him, but he often beat me refusing any advice. I used to ask him to visit the doctor, but he kept refusing until the symptoms started. Then the doctor asked me to do the tests and the surprise came that I was HIV positive.
Ahmed Balah – 3 August 2010 The HIV/AIDS research chair of the King Abdulaziz University, Jedda is currently collaborating with the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in a research study on HIV/AIDS epidemiology among vulnerable groups.
Dr.Ghazi Bin Abdullatif Jamjoum wrote: Each year the world looks to the International AIDS Conference for news about new discoveries to help curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has so far killed 25 million and infected more than 70 million, of which 33 million are now living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the great and continuous progress in developing AIDS treatments, preventive measures are still very limited.
Vienna- 30 July 2010: A group of scientists have announced that a vaginal cream could reduce the risk of HIV transmission by half, according to a study conducted in South Africa.The study has been carried out by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA). The results were announced in the 18th International AIDS Conference, held in Vienna from 18 till 23 July 2010, and published in the American Science magazine.
