Aids in Iraq

Fatin Hamid Daud, 38, helps her son Sari Zegum, 10, eat in their home in the countryside south of Baghdad. His family does not have much money, but with plentiful crops and livestock, he leads a rich life with his seven brothers and sisters. His downfall came when his parents sought out the modern world to cure a third world disease.<br />
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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Fatin Hamid Daud, 38, helps her son Sari Zegum, 10, eat in their home in the countryside south of Baghdad. His family does not have much money, but with plentiful crops and livestock, he leads a rich life with his seven brothers and sisters. His downfall came when his parents sought out the modern world to cure a third world disease.
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)