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New $40 HIV drug could transform prevention across MENA

A twice-yearly HIV prevention injection will cost around $40 in several MENA countries, offering a new option as HIV transmission rises across the region.

Kitty Grant
06 October, 2026
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Iraq
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Iraq blames overseas travel and tattoos for rise in HIV cases

Mohammed Bassim Rashid
20 January, 2026
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USAID
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South Sudan HIV patients face deadly future after USAID cuts

The New Arab Staff

Ginaba Lino

06 May, 2025
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HIV
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Deal reached to allow for generic HIV prevention drug

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 July, 2022
Arab sexual health
Lebanon
Society
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Safe sex is a luxury as Lebanon's economy falters further

The New Arab Staff

Dana Hourany

05 July, 2022
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Israel
MENA
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Israeli doctors say refugees' HIV treatment 'discriminatory'

The New Arab Staff
08 June, 2021
Egypt
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MENA
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Egypt HIV patients struggle to get medicine amid coronavirus

The New Arab
23 April, 2020
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military
MENA
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42 Kuwaiti soldiers 'quarantined after testing positive for HIV'

The New Arab & agencies
07 February, 2020
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UAE
MENA
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UAE denying detainees lifesaving HIV treatment

The New Arab
04 November, 2019
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MENA
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Iranians set imam’s office ablaze following HIV infection scandal

The New Arab
07 October, 2019
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MENA
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Iran MPs call for investigation over increased HIV cases

The New Arab
06 October, 2019
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MENA
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Outrage after Egypt hospital staff deny AIDS patient treatment

The New Arab
16 August, 2019
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Pakistan
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Pakistani man arrested after killing HIV-positive wife

The New Arab & agencies
30 May, 2019
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Pakistan
MENA
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Children among hundreds tested HIV positive in Pakistan city

The New Arab & agencies
26 May, 2019
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MENA
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UN voices alarm as HIV up 40% in Egypt

The New Arab
04 December, 2017
Egypt -- AFP
HIV
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HIV stigma 'too much to bear' in Egypt

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

02 December, 2016
Expats Qatar
Qatar
MENA
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Got a kidney disease? You're not welcome in Qatar

The New Arab
19 January, 2016
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Morocco
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Living with Aids in Morocco

The New Arab Staff

Hassan al-Ashraf

01 December, 2015
World Aids day [AFP]
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MENA
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HIV rising in the Middle East

Lana Asfour
01 December, 2014