HIV

HIV can be transmitted from one person to another through use of contaminated syringes

The data of HIV and AIDS patients will be kept confidential to save them from social problems

PMA president says some people do not take precautionary measures as they think it cannot happen to them

Experts claim use of technology to find sexual partners, combined with ignorance about HIV, have increased infection

A report said new strategies were needed to expand the reach of HIV testing

Experts urge support from media, civil society and social media to help fight the stigma associated with the disease

Facts, it is said, care little about feelings or emotions

Contracting a disease that has no cure brings with it grave anxiety and depression

Staggering increase of 39,000 patients witnessed since last year

Doctor says it is civic responsibility to point out dishonest practices going on in our areas

Health department launches special campaign to combat deadly disease

Globally, government donor funding for HIV dropped in 2016 to the lowest level since 2010

Government in Kiev has shown a tendency to disown the health crisis in rebel regions

Aim is to prevent, treat diseases according to international guidelines

World Health Organisation recommends that ART be started in all people as soon as possible after diagnosis

Experts say there are unregulated and illegal labs at major hospitals.

Tablets are kept to reduce risk of HIV transmission through needle pricks

The psychological support unit will provide services in behavioural therapy and mental state, says Dr Adnan Zafar

News of the infections comes days after China announced plans to double the number of AIDS patients it treats with TCM

All transfusions at CDA were carried out after proper screening and as per IBTA guidelines

Two siblings were allegedly infected by tainted blood

Empowerment cell to catalyse community’s financial independence, says HIV [APLHIV]-Pakistan NC

Experts give credit to successive govt campaigns for the decline

An estimated 34 million people around the world suffer from the AIDS epidemic

Sheen says he has never felt so strong and confident about his condition

K-P minister says centres like HMC are being established

Pakistan is home to around 100,000 confirmed HIV sufferers

Nearly 30% of transgenders in Dalazak Road neighbourhood are HIV-positive

A 24-year-old transgender was diagnosed with HIV two months ago. What followed was shocking

An estimated 790,000 women aged 15 and over are living with HIV in the east African country

Famous people infected with the AIDS virus had a responsibility to speak out, says actor

Girls are particularly vulnerable, making up about 65 per cent of new adolescent infections worldwide

In Pakistan, the global HIV/AIDS epidemic brought to centrestage the significance of safe blood transfusions

The country went from 100,000 HIV cases in 1990 to more than a million three years later, fuelled by huge sex trade

Access to safe blood is limited, especially in rural areas, because of a lack of proper screening devices

Maternal mortality rate is 276 per 100,000 births, Tarar tells Senate

Police say it appears the man's wife and in-laws could not bear the stigma of keeping an AIDS patient in their house

Actor's 'miracle' doctor is not licensed to practice medicine in the US

UNICEF urged Asian countries to improve teenagers' access to testing, saying young people do not know their HIV...

Celebrity website TMZ cited sources claiming that the actor will use the interview to announce he is HIV positive

The actor was reportedly aware of carrying the disease for a number of years but hadn't disclosed it to his partners

India provides free condoms under its AIDS prevention programme that targets high-risk groups like sex workers

The young woman, now 18, is not considered cured, but is doing perfectly well off treatment

More than a third of India's HIV/AIDS patients get daily antiretrovirals for free from state-run distribution centres