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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A combination of international sanctions and mismanagement by the Iranian government are blamed for the current state of medical chaos in Iran.
?It?s been five months now that we are looking for an anti-allergy vaccine for my brother,? says one person interviewed by Global Voices about Iran's public health situation. ?One of our relatives with cancer cannot find his medicine,? remarked another. ?I am struggling to find insulin,? says a diabetic man.
This has been the reality for Iranians since the middle of 2012 after American and European Union banking sanctions were tightened, making it virtually impossible for Iranians to conduct foreign transactions.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/12/15/with-no-easy-access-to-medicine-iranians-suffer-sanctions/
?It?s been five months now that we are looking for an anti-allergy vaccine for my brother,? says one person interviewed by Global Voices about Iran's public health situation. ?One of our relatives with cancer cannot find his medicine,? remarked another. ?I am struggling to find insulin,? says a diabetic man.
This has been the reality for Iranians since the middle of 2012 after American and European Union banking sanctions were tightened, making it virtually impossible for Iranians to conduct foreign transactions.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/12/15/with-no-easy-access-to-medicine-iranians-suffer-sanctions/