HIV and Drugs: A Ticking Timebomb 19. mars 2007 11:14 According to a new report by the Icelandic Directorate of Health, a total of 11 cases of HIV were diagnosed in 2006, eight men and three women. According to the report, the disease is still rare in Iceland, but should be considered endemic. A higher percentage of heterosexual persons are now contracting the disease than before. According to the Icelandic Directorate of Health, HIV among intravenous drug-users is on the rise. Three related cases were diagnosed in the final months of 2006 and the Directorate warns that this number will rise if no effort is made to make clean needles and syringes available freely available to intravenous drug-users. News News in English Mest lesið Lést við flúðasiglingar í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt Innlent Lést eftir skyndileg veikindi við klettastökk Innlent Flokkarnir dæla milljónum í áróður á Meta Innlent Segjast ekkert hafa vitað um hætturnar í Reynisfjöru Innlent Öryggisráðið ákveður að taka yfir Gasa-borg Erlent Maður féll í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Enginn árangur af „veiða og sleppa“ aðferðinni Innlent Dvalarleyfi langtum dýrara í hinum Norðurlöndunum Innlent
According to a new report by the Icelandic Directorate of Health, a total of 11 cases of HIV were diagnosed in 2006, eight men and three women. According to the report, the disease is still rare in Iceland, but should be considered endemic. A higher percentage of heterosexual persons are now contracting the disease than before. According to the Icelandic Directorate of Health, HIV among intravenous drug-users is on the rise. Three related cases were diagnosed in the final months of 2006 and the Directorate warns that this number will rise if no effort is made to make clean needles and syringes available freely available to intravenous drug-users.
News News in English Mest lesið Lést við flúðasiglingar í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt Innlent Lést eftir skyndileg veikindi við klettastökk Innlent Flokkarnir dæla milljónum í áróður á Meta Innlent Segjast ekkert hafa vitað um hætturnar í Reynisfjöru Innlent Öryggisráðið ákveður að taka yfir Gasa-borg Erlent Maður féll í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Enginn árangur af „veiða og sleppa“ aðferðinni Innlent Dvalarleyfi langtum dýrara í hinum Norðurlöndunum Innlent