Cairo University has decided to apply HIV tests on new students before being enrolled in the University’s faculties, Youm7 reported The University Vice President Mohamed Othman al-Khashab Sunday evening.
A total of 500 HIV-positive cases are reported in Egypt annually, according to a report by the Egyptian Ministry of Health published by Youm7 in November. The first case reported to have contracted the disease was in mid-1980s, since then, a total of 1,500 out of 5864 HIV-positive cases have been fatal, the report noted, the positive cases represent 82 percent among men and 18 percent among women.
