HIV/AIDS

With inadequate health screening, drug smuggling and reports of sexual violence, HIV-AIDS spreads silently

The Sindh health department has dispatched infectious disease control teams to parts of Mirpurkhas and Sanghar

Quacks performing unsafe blood transfusions have instigated a spike in the incidence of the taboo illness

Minister says govt revising national and provincial AIDS strategies

Provincial health dept plans to amp up response to HIV/AIDS, open new centres across Sindh

Syringe reuse, sex workers, lack of testing, social taboos all actively contributing to upsurge in cases

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Radio programme being launched to raise awareness about the disease

General lack of public awareness fuels fear, rejection and bigotry in society

NYT report talks about the dismal condition of health sector in Pakistan further hampered by Covid-19 pandemic

All new enrollments in Sindh's schools to be screened for tuberculosis, if positive, to be screened for HIV/AIDS

Only 11,000 patients have access to free medicines

Rights minister presents report in IHC proposing separate cells for prisoners who are transgender

Negligence of water and sanitation departments will inevitably result in growth of infectious, drug-resistant diseases

Federal Ombudsman’s report says recovery centres are setup at all prisons of country

The recent rise in AIDS/HIV cases in Punjab shows that the provincial government has not organised screening camps

Officials urge tribal elders, community leaders to play role in control programme

Around 33 centres working to curb the spread, impact of HIV in the country

Diagnostic centres set up in 28 districts of province

Despair and stigma for people living with HIV make them easy targets for a range of supposed miracle workers

Staggering increase of 39,000 patients witnessed since last year

Blood strip samples were collected from 70 residents of Chak No 127, Bhatti Wala Village

Children in trial were monitored for rebounding virus levels

The only hospital where some sort of system exists to check on such cases remains Aga Khan University Hospital

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

We watch and wait for the results

Afghan delegation holds meetings in Pakistan on strategic planning framework

Initiatives are reaching out to vulnerable and most at-risk populations.

AIDS cases rise 140%, STIs fall 17% across K-P, reveals DHIS report

Blood centres to be inaugurated in Multan, Bahawalpur on March 15

Health experts blame lack of awareness and government negligence

The jacket, which is still only a prototype, can diagnose pneumonia up to three times faster than a doctor

Human trafficking to be combatted using the power of technology

The Punjab AIDS Control Programme is providing free treatment to patients in contrast to alleged statement

The staff of the food outlets and grocers will be screened for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and tuberculosis

One of their fears is of facing discrimination by health care professionals

Around 150,000 people will be registered under the programme

Several dialysis patients reportedly infected at Chandka hospital

Pioneering new therapy launches two-stage 'kick and kill' attack on the virus

Objective is to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, thalassemia and hepatitis

The deaths from HIV/Aids in Pakistan increased from 350 in 2005 to 1,480 in 2015

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

Over 150 registered even though Afghan govt started its own programme

Health minister reveals during question-answer session on Monday

With 20,000 new HIV infections last year, Pakistan has one of the fastest growing epidemics in Asia

Every child, every man, and every woman should be screened. They should be screened in hospitals, schools, communities

PC-1 approved, Rs500 million doled out for the first-of-its-kind initiative