A Decrease in the Incidence of Syphilis in Iran and the Effect of Islamic Rules in Controlling Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Venereal diseases are still a common prohlem in today's world. Even though tremendous advances are heing made in medicine and large budgets are heing spent to control sexually transmitted diseases (STD), especially in western countries, these diseases are still yet very common, and today AIDS has been added to the threats posed hy STD to human life. The status of syphilis was evaluated in Iran in the years hefore and after the Islamic Revolution by comparing RPR test results in hlood specimens obtained for transfusions from all groups of the society. RPR positivity was 0.6% for the years 1974-76, while it was only 0.2% for the years 1985-87, demonstrating a sharp decline. Divine laws, especially those offered by Islamic rules, are much more effective than present expensive medical measures to control venereal diseases, and can return sexual health to the human society. MJIRI, Vol. 2, No.4, 283-285,