AIDS needs more attention in Yemen

Dr. Jamil al-Mughales works in Saudi Arabia, but he still tries to help his home country, Yemen.
Yemen is still greatly lacking in AIDS education, and the facilities needed to treat patients, said Dr. Jamil Abdul-Wali Raweh al-Mughales, the Head of Clinical Immunology Services in the Immunology Department of the medical center at the King Abdulaziz University hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. While the disease has not reached epidemic proportions in this country, care must be taken now to prevent the spread of the disease.

Unfortunately, the problem of AIDS does not receive enough support in Yemen, though it has become a very important issue in this country. There are more than 300,000 immigrants from Africa, adding a dangerous burden to the main problem of AIDS in Yemen. Moreover, as you know, the health system in Yemen is not really strong enough to support the AIDS strategies in such a country.read more