Rabat- The Ministry of Health has launched the fifth national campaign for the detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS.
The campaign, which starts on December 1st until the 10th, aims at encouraging people to conduct analyses to detect the virus and prevent it from spreading.
The campaign, which is commemorating this year's world AIDS Day, is part of a larger national strategy to fight the disease during the period 2012-2016.
The Ministry said that the fifth national campaign for the detection of AIDS comes after the previous campaigns have had a very positive impact among those who did not know they were infected.
According to the Ministry’s estimates, the number of people who do not know they are infected with AIDS has fallen from 80 to 70 percent.
The latest statistics made available by the Ministry of Health indicate that the number of people living with AIDS in Morocco is standing at 32,000 in 2014 since the disease first appeared in the country in 1986. Meanwhile the number of people who were tested positive for the disease is estimated at 9378 people by October 30th.
The national campaign launched by the Health Ministry is targeting around 120 thousand people and it aims to raise awareness of the seriousness of the disease and to encourage people to seek medical support and education about how to stay away from it.