{"id":64550,"date":"2026-02-26T20:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:56:42","slug":"hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","title":{"rendered":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong> <\/span>The National Day Care Centre for the Immunosuppressed (NDCCI) is now operating at the H Block within the premises of Dr A. G. Jeetoo Hospital, marking a significant step in Government\u2019s ongoing efforts in strengthening HIV prevention and treatment services.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Anil Kumar Bachoo, made this statement yesterday following a site visit at the new clinical setting. The relocation of the Centre, highlighted Minister Bachoo, forms part of the broader strategy to modernise healthcare infrastructure and improve the quality, accessibility and integration of services provided to HIV patients.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the objective is to further facilitate treatment and improve service delivery for approximately 3,700 patients. The Minister deplored the dilapidated state of the former premises located at Volcy Pougnet Street, underscoring that the new setting provides a more dignified and supportive environment for individuals living with HIV and other immunosuppressed conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated Government\u2019s commitment to combating stigma and discrimination faced by these patients while ensuring that they receive equitable healthcare services.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Minister also paid tribute to Non-Governmental Organisations and social workers for their contribution to assisting these patients and advancing awareness initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, the Chairman of the Regional Health Advisory Board, Mr Noorani Aurdally reaffirmed continued support towards safeguarding the dignity and well-being of patients.<\/p>\n<p>By being located within a major regional hospital, patients will now benefit from improved access to specialised medical services and multidisciplinary support, including referrals to other hospital-based departments where necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Mauritius<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre for the Immunosuppressed (NDCCI) is now operating at the H Block within the premises of Dr A. G. Jeetoo Hospital, marking a significant step in Government\u2019s ongoing efforts in strengthening HIV prevention and treatment services. The Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Anil Kumar Bachoo, made this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-64550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-mauritius"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Mauritius\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\",\"name\":\"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital - Mauritius\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"-article-header-tag\\\"> Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/\",\"name\":\"Mauritius\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital - Mauritius","description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital","og_description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","og_site_name":"Mauritius","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital","datePublished":"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital"},"wordCount":272,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg","keywords":["Mauritius"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital","name":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital - Mauritius","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-26T20:16:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:56:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Mauritius. The National Day Care Centre ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2026\/02\/sm_1772139367.198918.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/hiv-services-enhanced-at-dr-a-g-jeetoo-hospital#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HIV Services Enhanced at Dr A.G. Jeetoo Hospital"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/","name":"Mauritius","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}