Facilities and Health Information:
Basic medical care and medicines are available in the principal cities, but may not be available in rural areas. Medical facilities do not meet U.S. standards and sometimes lack medicines and supplies. Iranian authorities confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) in January 2008 in northern Iran, as well as earlier reports of outbreaks among wild swans in the Anzali Wetlands and in domestic poultry in the northern provinces of Azerbaijan and Gilan. There were a number of confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in 2009.
Drinking Water Source - % of rural population improved"
91.7%
Drinking Water Source - % of total population unimproved:
4.1%
Drinking Water Source - % of urban population improved:
97.7%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2%
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population:
1.7
People Living with HIV/AIDS:
92
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population:
.89
Diseases - note:
highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
Sanitation Facility Access - % of total population unimproved:
10.6%
Sanitation Facility Access - % of urban population improved:
92.8%
Sanitation Facitlity Access - % of rural population improved:
81.6%
Infectious Diseases - degree of risk:
intermediate
Food or Waterborne Disease (s):
bacterial diarrhea
Vectorborne Disease (s):
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever