a. Development of various media communication support such as posters, leaflets and
brochures;
b. Production of TV and radio spots;
c. TV program production;
d. Publication of articles on the press;
e. Organization of an extensive outreach program for Imams and Mourchidat as a
communication medium in mosques;
f.Finalisation of the national code of the sale of formula milk;
g. Commitment of 104 hospitals as part of the initiative "Baby Friendly Hospital" to
encourage breastfeeding.
For its part, civil society states that Algeria has a legal arsenal that protects human
rights of people living with HIV by guaranteeing such care without discrimination, in
appropriate quality care services and the right to a decent life within the family and
the society. It states that people living with HIV (PVIH) are considered as full citizens
with a patient status.
It recalled that a National Strategic Plan 2008 - 2012 was adopted by Algeria to
strengthen the fight against HIV / AIDS. Various departments are involved, as well as
civil society and UNAIDS. This plan includes the "Three Ones" with a common
national framework to combat the diseases, which is a common national coordinating
agency and a common national system of monitoring and evaluation as well as
universal access to prevention, access to treatment, care and support related to HIV /
AIDS. This strategic plan was considered as very ambitious by UNAIDS. This was in
response to a bid of the UN Global Fund against HIV-AIDS. Now, Algeria is
ineligible because the World Bank has changed the economic status of Algeria as an
intermediate country.
Providing a healthy diet and drinking water
1. In terms of healthy eating:
232.With the improvement of living conditions and health coverage in connection
with the national development plan and health programmes implemented since the
70s, nutritional indicators show that the problems related to malnutrition recorded a
sharp decline, and that the problems of overweight and obesity are gradually replacing
the nutritional deficiencies.
233.Indeed, rapid changes in diets and lifestyles resulting from industrialization,
urbanization, economic development and globalization, which accelerated during the
past decade has had a significant impact on the health and nutritional status of the
population, particularly countries with economies in transition such as Algeria. It has
led to inappropriate eating habits and decreased physical activity, resulting in the
development of overweight and obesity responsible for the increase in chronic
diseases linked to diet.
234.Thus, obesity which is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases has
began to take a place in the society and therefore the reinforcement of nutrition
surveillance has been integrated into the action of the MSPRH. Moreover, the results
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