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The Iranian government on Saturday released official statistics on the nation's HIV/AIDS rates and said it was strengthening a nationwide HIV prevention campaign, marking a "change of attitude" regarding the disease, Agence France-Presse reports. Hossein Malek-Afzali announced that Iran has 18,000 HIV-positive residents and that new infections are growing by 25% each year. Speaking on the first day of a French-Iranian conference on health issues, Malek-Afzali said that AIDS "should no longer be a taboo" issue, adding that the government will launch HIV awareness media campaigns targeted at young people and families.
This summary is from the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv provided by kaisernetwork.org, a free health policy news summary and webcasting service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org by National Journal Group Inc. © 2001 by National Journal Group Inc. and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved |