Aids in Iraq

Sabrine Zegum, 14, makes bread for the family in a mud oven outside her home in the countryside south of Baghdad. Her brother Sari, visibly weak and suffering from aches and rashes throughout his body, was infected with HIV when he got contaminated blood two years ago at a hospital where his parents took him with a severe case diarrhea. <br />
His case highlights the nature of the disease and the health care system. Lacking many medicines after 12 years of economic sanctions, the health system was left with no option but to give him blood to bring him back. Some even speculate about the origin of the blood itself, said to come from a French company.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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Sabrine Zegum, 14, makes bread for the family in a mud oven outside her home in the countryside south of Baghdad. Her brother Sari, visibly weak and suffering from aches and rashes throughout his body, was infected with HIV when he got contaminated blood two years ago at a hospital where his parents took him with a severe case diarrhea.
His case highlights the nature of the disease and the health care system. Lacking many medicines after 12 years of economic sanctions, the health system was left with no option but to give him blood to bring him back. Some even speculate about the origin of the blood itself, said to come from a French company.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)