Some 16,000 Iranians are HIV positive, with 66 percent of the infections stemming from injection-drug use. Yet as Reuters reports, despite the considerable stigma surrounding both the disease and prevention efforts in the country, health officials report progress in lowering infection rates (reuters.com, 12/1).
At a press conference held this past World AIDS Day, December 1, Health Minister Kamran Lankarani told reporters that due to “free and sufficient treatments and good programs,” which include testing and drug distribution, HIV rates among women and children under the age of 15 are falling.
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Barry Simpson, Yoakum,Tx., 2007-12-06 13:29:11
Yes,AIDS is down in Iran because , They are killing all the gay people there,Bush is upset when a woman is beating , but dose not say a thing about when they hang two under age boy for being gay, what are we going to do about this in our world.
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
