MoH Announces that 32 Infectious Diseases will be Treated Free-of-charge

Merge 104.8  |  18 September 2023

The Ministry of Health said individuals who are suffering from a list of 32 infectious diseases, will receive free treatment. The diseases include:

• Malaria
• Cholera
• Yellow fever
• All types of tuberculosis
• Rabies
• Plague
• Both neonatal and adult tetanus
• Acute Flaccid Paralysis
• Pediatric Aids
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)
• Acute respiratory infections caused by COVID-19 or influenza requiring hospitalization
• Diphtheria
• Leprosy
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Chickenpox
• Smallpox
• Monkeypox
• Whooping cough in children under five years
• Hemorrhagic fevers of all types
• Pneumococcus in children under five years
• Cerebrospinal fever in children under five years
• Measles
• Rubella
• Congenital rubella
• Brucella
• Dengue fever
• Active trachoma
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis A
• Emerging infectious disease syndrome
• Other cases classified as a public threat by the WHO and local criteria