Tag: AIDS
12 inmates in KP jails have AIDS: report
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: A dozen inmates in the various jails of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),...
Faisalabad hospital sees influx of 2,800 HIV-positive patients
The number of HIV-positive-registered patients in Faisalabad Allied Hospital has risen to 2,800, sources at the medical facility said on Thursday.
It is pertinent to...
Sindh govt, SACP accused of mishandling HIV outbreak
LARKANA: Sindh government and its Sindh AIDS Control Program (SACP) have mishandled HIV outbreak in Ratodero since beginning as even now they are not...
AIDS cases rise to 574 in Ratodero
RATODERO: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)cases continued rising to 574 in Ratodero as health authorities seem to be failed to control the situation.
The blood screening...
HIV outbreak sparks panic in Larkana’s Ratodero
RATODERO: Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a Ratodero near Larkana district, where hundreds of people have been...
No let up yet as AIDS cases jump to 445 in...
LARKANA: As many as 11,068 people from the general population have so far been screened out of which 445 have been detected positive for HIV...
Larkana AIDS cases touch 93
--Three quacks arrested in last month
LARKANA: The number of HIV-AIDS infected patients in Larkana have reached 93, among them 74 children.
According to Sindh AIDS...
World AIDS Day observed in Pakistan on Saturday
ISLAMABAD: World Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Day was observed in different parts of the country on Saturday to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate...
HIV, AIDS claim 22 lives in Sindh this year so far
KARACHI: As many as 22 people have died from HIV/AIDS in Sindh province in 2018 so far, of which 19 were male and the...
Record three in five HIV-carriers now have access to drugs, says...
GENEVA: Almost three in five people infected with HIV, or 21.7 million globally, took antiretroviral therapy in 2017 -- a new record for anti-AIDS...
‘Sindh has successfully controlled AIDS’
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah claimed on Wednesday that the provincial government had successfully controlled the spread of HIV/AIDS among the people of...
100 more people tested positive for HIV/AIDS: report
SARGODHA: A recent screening of the people in the Kot Imrana locality has revealed at least 100 more people have been tested positive for...
PACP to open new HIV treatment centre in Jalalpur Jattan
LAHORE: Punjab AIDS Control Program Programme (PACP) Director Dr Asim Altaf said in a meeting on Thursday that PACP would open a new centre for...
Technology and social media blamed for rise in HIV rates in...
While technology may have strengthened the fight against HIV and Aids in many countries, in Pakistan it has led to an increase in HIV...
Shehbaz Sharif pledges to raise awareness on world aids day
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the purpose of observing World AIDS Day is to raise awareness among the public about the...
HIV cases in Europe reach highest level, WHO warns
LONDON: The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016 since records began, showing the region’s epidemic growing...
More than 37,000 people inject drugs in Pakistan’s 14 cities, reveals...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has an estimated 37,137 people who inject drugs (PWIDs) spread over 7,401 spots in 14 cities, 64,829 sex workers spread over 4,514...
