AIDS is spreading rapidly in this Islamic country with Sharia law
A Sharia-compliant Islamic nation in West Asia. The number of HIV-positive individuals is rising quickly in a nation with extremely stringent hijab regulations for women.
Sexual transmission is said to be the primary cause of this.
In reality, we are discussing the Islamic Republic of Iran, where the number of people living with hiv is steadily increasing. The chairman of Iran's aids Research Center, Ladan Abbasian, claims that although official statistics indicate 24,760 hiv infections, the true number is thought to be above 44,000.
Sexual transmission is said to be the primary cause of this.
In reality, we are discussing the Islamic Republic of Iran, where the number of people living with hiv is steadily increasing. The chairman of Iran's aids Research Center, Ladan Abbasian, claims that although official statistics indicate 24,760 hiv infections, the true number is thought to be above 44,000.
Spreading infection among women and young people
According to a faculty member at Tehran university of Medical Sciences, women make up around 19% of the official total of 24,760 HIV-positive individuals, and this number rose to 32% in the first half of 2024. This indicates that the hiv transmission pattern, which was previously exclusive to men, is increasingly extending to women.
He claims that as 73% of HIV-positive people are in the 20–45 age range, more awareness needs to be raised and policies should be implemented for this demographic.
Drug use altered the pattern of transmission.
According to a faculty member at Tehran university of Medical Sciences, women make up around 19% of the official total of 24,760 HIV-positive individuals, and this number rose to 32% in the first half of 2024. This indicates that the hiv transmission pattern, which was previously exclusive to men, is increasingly extending to women.
He claims that as 73% of HIV-positive people are in the 20–45 age range, more awareness needs to be raised and policies should be implemented for this demographic.
Drug use altered the pattern of transmission.
"Unfortunately, some psychoactive stimulants like marijuana and amphetamines expose people to high-risk sexual behavior, and this greatly increases the transmission of hiv," Abbasian, who heads Iran's aids Research Center, said about the shift in the pattern of hiv infection transmission in Iran.
HIV is mostly spread through sexual contact.
Abbasian has issued a warning that the trend of hiv infection spreading through sexual contact has increased. Of the 24760 individuals, almost 28% had contracted hiv through intercourse. And in the first half of 2024, this rose to 65 percent. In other words, the infection pattern is changing.
HIV is mostly spread through sexual contact.
Abbasian has issued a warning that the trend of hiv infection spreading through sexual contact has increased. Of the 24760 individuals, almost 28% had contracted hiv through intercourse. And in the first half of 2024, this rose to 65 percent. In other words, the infection pattern is changing.