During a screening programme for the virus conducted in Pakistan’s Sindh province Thirty-one of 2,500 persons were found to be HIV positive, health authorities said. The new cases in Shikarpur district see a surge in cases of HIV in Sindh after 215 positive cases, including 181 children, were reported in Ratodero district of Larkana last month, reports
According to District Health Officer Shabbir Sheikh, those that have tested positive were being provided treatment and other amenities according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) regulations.
In May, an international team of experts from the WHO arrived in Pakistan to probe the HIV outbreak. The Sindh health department blamed “quacks” or unqualified practitioners for reusing syringes which is one of the major source of HIV spread among the general population, especially children.
31 of 2500 persons found HIV positive in screening programme for virus conducted in Pakistan
