Tag: Hiv

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...

Department working for synergies, partnership: Khawaja Imran Nazir

LAHORE: Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Minister, Khawaja Imran Nazir has said on Wednesday that emerging health challenges require innovative solutions and the department is...

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...

80,000 HIV patients currently residing in Punjab: report

LAHORE: Punjab is home to more than 80,000 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients while currently around 133,529 people are infected in the country, reveals a report by a...

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...

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...

AIDS Control Programme has no fund to continue work

Pakistan is second largest country in South Asia with HIV epidemic ISLAMABAD: Despite alarming increase in HIV cases, the cash-starved National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)...

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...

132,000 people in Pakistan living with HIV: Survey

ISLAMABAD: While the number of new HIV infections has declined globally over the past decade, Pakistan remains one of the few regional countries to witness an increasing...

HIV: A silent epidemic plaguing thousands in Punjab

LAHORE: There is an inconspicuous spread of the HIV disease which has inflicted thousands of people in Punjab, with about 3,878 cases of AIDS having...

Punjab on the right track to stop HIV/AIDS spread: international expert

The Punjab AIDS Control Program organised a special session for epidemiologists, HIV/AIDS experts, molecular biologists and psychologists with the renowned international consultant and researcher...

1,329 cases of HIV/AIDS registered in Larkana

As many as 1,329 cases of HIV/AIDS have been registered at the HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care Centre, established in Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana. As...

More than 2,000 Indians contract HIV after transfusions

More than 2,000 Indians contracted HIV over a 17-month period after receiving blood transfusions, data from the national AIDS body showed Wednesday. In response to...

63 prisoners test positive for HIV

Sindh AIDS Control Programme (SACP) has successfully screened 6,372 prisoners detained in various jails of the province. Out of these 63 prisoners have been...

Wife, In-laws kill man diagnosed with AIDS

A 40-year-old man diagnosed as HIV positive was allegedly killed by his wife and in-laws in the Bhojipura tehsil of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district,...

Charlie Sheen reveals he is HIV positive

Sheen acknowledged he had paid people “upwards of $10 million” in recent years for their silence about his condition but said he would no longer do so

Abbasi for comprehensive awareness campaign for HIV/AIDS

National Assembly Acting Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi said on Tuesday that HIV/AIDS was an issue of concern for the whole world and this crippling...