Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) Under Mission AIDS Suraksha, India aims to achieve HIV control by December 1, 2027, the Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Rakesh Gupta, said here on Wednesday. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day review meeting of the Northeastern states on the implementation of the National AIDS and STI Control Programme (National AIDS and STI Control Programme) in Guwahati, Gupta emphasised that the Northeastern region remains a priorit…
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Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) As many as 3,995 registered HIV-positive children in Pakistan’s Sindh, and more than 100 new cases reported in Karachi in 2025, expose systemic failure of infection control and regulation, a report has stated. Nearly 4,000 children in Sindh living with HIV, many of them not infected at birth or through personal behaviour but in healthcare facilities where patients undergo treatment, making negligence a crime, according to a report in Pakistan’s leading daily, The Express…
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The global HIV fund cut is significantly affecting HIV prevention and support services in Pakistan, and may also reverse years of progress, according to a media report.While Pakistan’s HIV epidemic remains small in absolute numbers compared with global hotspots, it is one of the fastest-growing in Asia, but the funding cuts are going to affect the country significantly, Arab News reported.For nearly two decades, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and…
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Government hospitals in the city of Hyderabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province continue to struggle to provide even the basic healthcare facilities to patients due to acute shortage of medicines, diagnostic facilities and functional medical equipment, majorly due to alleged poor oversight by officials of the health department, local media reported on Wednesday. As per reports, Civil Hospital Hyderabad and all taluka hospitals in the city do not have essential medicines. Pati…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) CD4 tests is strongly recommended as the preferred method to identify advanced HIV disease among people living with HIV, said the World Health Organization (WHO).The new recommendation is part of the 2025 guidelines on advanced HIV disease.The WHO defines advanced HIV disease in adults, adolescents, and children five years and older, “as a CD4 cell count less than 200 cells/mm3”.”Advanced HIV disease is the major cause of AIDS-related deaths among people living with HI…