The disease prevalence remains low with a 0.08% infection rate, the ministry said, noting that this rate increases among vulnerable people in some regions.
    To fight this plague, Morocco has devised a strategic plan that seeks to secure access to the services of prevention, treatment and healthcare, while ensuring equity and confidentiality, upholding human rights, and fighting stigmatization and discrimination, the source said.
    Prevention programs were enlarged to benefit 1,100,000 youth and women, and 100,000 people from the most vulnerable social segments, while 75,000 anonymous and voluntary AIDS screenings were carried out, it added.
    The Health Ministry spends every year 18 million dirhams to fight AIDS.