Aids in Iraq

The Zegum family in their home, south of Baghdad: back row: Wassam 12, Noora10, Sabrine 14, family friend , Fazila Amir Zegum 55 (second wife), Ali 4 (on lap), Fatin Hamid Daud 38 (first wife), Khattab 4 (on lap) and Adnan Thamer Zegum, 55. Front row: Ahmed 11, Tahtan 8 and Sari 10. <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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The Zegum family in their home, south of Baghdad: back row: Wassam 12, Noora10, Sabrine 14, family friend , Fazila Amir Zegum 55 (second wife), Ali 4 (on lap), Fatin Hamid Daud 38 (first wife), Khattab 4 (on lap) and Adnan Thamer Zegum, 55. Front row: Ahmed 11, Tahtan 8 and Sari 10.
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)