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Number of people infected with AIDS via sex increases in Iran

Society Materials 10 July 2013 18:44 (UTC +04:00)
The number of people infected with AIDS through sex reached 33 percent in Iran the past two years, Iranian Labour and Social Security Ministry official Hassan Mousavi was quoted by ISNA agency as saying today.
Number of people infected with AIDS via sex increases in Iran

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 10 / Trend, T. Jafarov /

The number of people infected with AIDS through sex reached 33 percent in Iran the past two years, Iranian Labour and Social Security Ministry official Hassan Mousavi was quoted by ISNA agency as saying today.

Mousavi said that the number of AIDS infections acquired through sex was 12 percent annually from 1986 to 2011. But this figure rose to 33 percent (2011-2012) and the situation is cause for concern.

He added that a half of the infected are young people aged 25-36.According to official statistics, around 27,000 people are AIDS virus carriers and the main route of transmission is sex.

The Iranian Committee to Combat AIDS has warned of increasing cases of AIDS infection through sexual contact. According to the Committee, the research shows that there are 100,000 AIDS virus carriers, of which only 27,000 have been registered. According to the Iranian media reports, around 75 percent of infected are unaware of their disease.

Last year, Iran's former health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said that around 93,000 AIDS virus carriers were registered in the country.

Information about AIDS is hidden in Iran for mental and religious reasons. People are not informed about virus transmission, so the number of infected in the country has greatly increased.

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