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The Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a new regulation prohibiting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in health-care settings.
Global experience has shown that stigma and discrimination limits access to HIV services at every step and stops people exercising their basic human rights, including the right to health. Studies in the Islamic Republic of Iran have identified health-care settings as an important venue where HIV-related stigma and discrimination needs to be addressed.
In 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran joined the Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination and set three priority areas-health settings, humanitarian settings and communities-for action. This new regulation is a direct result of the work in the partnership by both the country and UNAIDS.