{"id":53989,"date":"2013-11-26T19:32:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=53989"},"modified":"2013-11-26T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:32:22","slug":"desperate-greek-citizens-are-intentionally-infecting-themselves-with-hiv-to-qualify-for-state-benefit-which-is-set-aside-for-addicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=53989","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Greek citizens &#8216;are intentionally infecting themselves with HIV&#8217; to qualify for state benefit which is set aside for addicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Greece-HIV-carriers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-53987\" alt=\"\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0576\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576, \u0544\u053b\u0531\u054e, \u0569\u0574\u0580\u0561\u0574\u0578\u056c\u0576\u0565\u0580\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Greece-HIV-carriers.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Greece-HIV-carriers.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Greece-HIV-carriers-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Desperate Greek citizens are intentionally infecting themselves with the HIV, in a bid to qualify for benefits which are given to sufferers of the killer virus, a report has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>A World Health Organization report has revealed what it calls a &#8216;significant rise&#8217; in the number of sufferers between 2007 and 2009, when the European financial crisis brought the country&#8217;s economy to its knees.<\/p>\n<p>The number of reported new infections then continued to soar, from 22 in 2010 to 245 in 2011, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, the research said around half of new cases could be self-inflicted by drug addicts who want to cash in on welfare handouts.<\/p>\n<p>In Greece, HIV carriers are entitled to a state benefit of \u20ac700 (\u00a3590) per month as well as access to drug substitution programmes which can help battle the illness.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the existence of a drug benefit being linked to rising cases, drug experts have urged governments to exclude drug-abuse treatment from austerity budget cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Desperate Greek citizens are intentionally infecting themselves with the HIV, in a bid to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,224,137],"tags":[4323,4324],"class_list":["post-53989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","tag-greek-citizens","tag-hiv","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}