Many countries have learned to combat the spread of HIV, statistics show that Turkey still suffers from a large number of diseases, and the Turks - of ignorance in this area.
"For high school students do not draw any educational sessions on HIV and AIDS, and yet, many of them already have sex," - says Mr. Nejat Yunlyu, head of the nongovernmental organization "Foundation for Positive Life."
"Around 5000 people in Turkey were infected with HIV in 2011, according to official data, whereas last year the number of infected people was 4525. And the hotbed of the disease has more than 25 million tourists a year, - says Mr. Yunlyu. - No discrimination against HIV infected patients, nor the number of patients has not decreased in recent years in Turkey, unlike other developed countries. The Ministry of Health is not serious to the problem. "
According to the World Health Organization, the actual number of AIDS patients is ten times higher than official statistics. Many patients deliberately do not go to hospitals to avoid possible discrimination. With such discrimination faced by all HIV-infected people in Turkey.
"Despite the growing number of newly infected, the Ministry of Health in Turkey has not taken any effective steps to address this problem. Officially, we have a National Commission on HIV, but in fact she was not going to never in the past three years.
