Tag: HIV
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World AIDS Day: More than 9,000 new HIV cases reported in Pakistan this year
December 1 is marked as World AIDS Day with people and communities around the globe showing solidarity with those living with HIV, raising awareness, while also remembering the ones who lost their lives battling the illness. According to the Ministry of Health, 9,284 new HIV patients have been diagnosed in Pakistan in 2023. About 900…
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World AIDS Day: PM vows to end stigma attached with HIV
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has shared a message on World AIDS Day, calling the increasing incidence of HIV “deeply worrying”. From his twitter, the Premier wrote, “The increasing incidence of HIV & AIDS among the children & adolescents is deeply worrying. I urge the Ministry of Health to focus on awareness about testing, prevention…
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HIV spread in Sindh: Govt to launch mobile app for screening test
Sindh government on Monday announced launching a mobile application for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening test, Samaa has reported. Head of Communicable Disease Control Program of Sindh Health Department, Dr Ershad Kazmi, while addressing an awareness session on HIV at Karachi Press Club said that there are some people who want to get tested for…
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Bilawal in Parliament says not expected from a player like Imran Khan to impose taxes on condoms
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during his speech in the National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday lamented how the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has imposed taxes on the people of Pakistan. Talking about a list of items on which the government-imposed taxes, Bilawal said that the people of Pakistan are in pain. He said,…
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5.28% of blood donors in Sindh infected with HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases
The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) has revealed that a total of 1,357 people were diagnosed with HIV in Sindh during the first eight months of 2021 after their blood samples were tested at the blood banks in 24 districts of the province, Waqar Bhatti reported for Geo News. “During the first eight months of…