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 Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Olli slysi undir áhrifum fíkniefna 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 Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Olli slysi undir áhrifum fíkniefna Innlent