HIV/AIDS Epidemic Features and Trends in Iran, 1986-2010
Hossien Fallahzadeh
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sahid Sadoughi Yazd University of Medical Science
Iran
Abstract:
This study describes the reported HIV/AIDS data for all notifi¬able cases in Iran during the period 1986 to 2006. The cumulative number of the reported cases of HIV/AIDS among Iranians up to the end of june 2010 was 21435. Over the 24-year surveillance period, the rate of HIV/AIDS infections diagnosed annually among Iranian citizens gradually increased and, over the period 1997-2004, it reached from 1.38 to 5 cases per 100,000 populations per year. Our findings highlight the need for intensified HIV prevention efforts with men who have injecting drug use and strengthened efforts to encourage the individual at risk to get tested for HIV.
