Tag: Hiv

The Acting Speaker, National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi has said that HIV/AIDS was the issue of concern for whole world and this crippling disease...

PIMS head says ‘of all patients requiring regular blood transfusions for survival, about 20 per cent have hepatitis B or C while a few...

Without confirming details, committee set up by Punjab govt denies a researcher’s claim that 10 Thalassemia children in Pakistan are HIV positive The Punjab government...

ISLAMABAD-   Ten children have been infected with HIV after receiving tainted blood transfusions, officials said Thursday, in a “shocking” case highlighting the abysmal state of...

708 HIV positive cases registered at Larkana hospital so far, out of which 307 emerged in 2014 As many as 708 HIV positive cases have...

Senate Chairman Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on Thursday underscored the need for collective efforts at national and international level to increase awareness about HIV,...

More good news on HIV: French researchers say another 14 people have been "functionally cured" of the virus, NPR reports. Unlike the groundbreaking case...

In Sindh province the largest number of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) /AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) patients live in Karachi, as there are 3942...

Over 1,500 children are infected by HIV daily through parent-to-child-transmission (PTCT). A seminar titled “HIV/AIDS in children” was organized by Dow University of Health...

It is binding upon parents to bridge the information gap on various diseases with their children as they move up the ladder and especially...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said that dozens of HIV/AIDS patients in the tiny West African state have been cured using his secret concoction of...

The first-ever daily pill to help prevent HIV infection was approved Monday by US regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk...

The display of truck art dealing with the prevention of HIV and AIDS concluded here on Sunday featuring the social issue through vibrant hues...

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV...

At least 23 children who received blood transfusions have tested positive for HIV, Indian officials said on Monday as authorities launched an investigation into...

Pakistan is among the 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific, which houses a majority of the people infected with HIV, according to a new report...

LAHORE - A government handout issued on Thursday announced the establishment of the country's first independent specialized paediatric centre at Services Hospital for the treatment of HIV positive children under the National AIDS Control Programme.
National AIDS Control Program Programme Provincial Coordinator Dr Salman Shahid briefed Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad about the program.
He further said that qualified staff and latest diagnostic equipment had been