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International News AIDS Patients to Receive Free Drugs for First Time in EgyptJuly 7, 2004 Health Minister Tag Eddin has announced that HIV/AIDS patients in Egypt will begin receiving free antiretrovirals for the first time, according to a report today in the semi-official al-Ahram daily. The minister said only two people out of 1 million are infected with HIV/AIDS each year, and no more than 650 people in Egypt are living with the virus. In the mid-1990s, the health ministry -- after years of denying the existence of HIV in Egypt -- established its first HIV/AIDS center and patient hotline. Agence France Presse 07.07.04  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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