Date: 11/1/2010
TUMSPR News: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, visits TUMS AIDS Research Center and addressed a group of people living with HIV "Positive Club" there on October 11, 2010.
Based on the report sent by the office of Dr. Minoo Mhraz, the Head of Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS which is affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and that of the UNAIDS website, Michel Sidibé, the UNAIDS Executive Director, visited the center and addressed a group of patients living with AIDS who are the members of "Positive Friends Club" as part of his official mission to Iran on October 13, 2010.
Addressing the group Sidibé said: “When I hear the words ‘hope,’ ‘happiness’ and ‘job,’ I feel that our efforts have not been wasted.”
During the visit, Mr Sidibé emphasized the work of Iranian health authorities in helping restore the lives and dignity of people living with HIV through the establishment of such Positive Clubs and the provision of information, antiretroviral medicines and other HIV-related services.
Speaking on behalf of people living with HIV, the head of the Positive Club’s council told Mr Sidibé that AIDS is a very difficult area to address. “It requires courage and patience, and you are one of those people who have the courage and patience to work in this area; we are happy to have your support, and we are ready to work with you together.”
As the UNAIDS describes it the visit has highlighted Iran's progressive work in addressing its HIV epidemic in prisons and among people who inject drugs while the prevalence among prisoners being about eight times higher than in the general population and injecting drug use being the main mode of HIV transmission, accounting for more than 70% of reported HIV cases in Iran.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=19895
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