Meanwhile, a fifth of prostitutes in Djibouti are affected and just over five per cent of homosexual men in Egypt have contracted the disease.
The UAE did not provide any data on the modes of transmission in its 2010 HIV progress report to the UN.Hind Khatib, the regional director of UNAids, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids, said countries should take advantage of others experiences, particularly when it comes to sensitive issues. It is easy for a country to say it is a social, cultural and religious issue, and push you back, she said. But if you bring another country which has already tackled the issue, they cant push you back.
Morocco is also a conservative country, she said, but has set up a successful prevention programme that works with prostitutes and homosexuals.The UNAids report also praises Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Lebanon, Somalia and Yemen for making great efforts to track the high-risk populations.Just because you make an effort to target and acknowledge these groups, Ms Khaitb said, it does not mean you are encouraging it.
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