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 Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Fundu Diego heilan á húfi í heimahúsi Innlent Sagðist fjárhagslegur þræll móður barnsins sem hann braut á Innlent Minnst þrír foreldrar verkfallsbarna hafi misst vinnuna Innlent Bein útsending: Skemmtilegustu kappræður kosningabaráttunnar Innlent Svarar Kára fullum hálsi Innlent Ekið á gangandi vegfaranda á Langholtsvegi Innlent Kostaði umdeilda færslu á síðu flokks sem hann er hættur í Innlent FB stækkar og Framsókn aftur á gröfunni Innlent Kortleggja neðanjarðarbyrgi vegna hótana Rússa Erlent
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 Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Fundu Diego heilan á húfi í heimahúsi Innlent Sagðist fjárhagslegur þræll móður barnsins sem hann braut á Innlent Minnst þrír foreldrar verkfallsbarna hafi misst vinnuna Innlent Bein útsending: Skemmtilegustu kappræður kosningabaráttunnar Innlent Svarar Kára fullum hálsi Innlent Ekið á gangandi vegfaranda á Langholtsvegi Innlent Kostaði umdeilda færslu á síðu flokks sem hann er hættur í Innlent FB stækkar og Framsókn aftur á gröfunni Innlent Kortleggja neðanjarðarbyrgi vegna hótana Rússa Erlent