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HIV disinformation: ‘patients fear resentment over death in Pakistan’

For 45-year-old ZG* things turned upside down in 2015, when amid his preparations to go to Saudi Arabia to fill a telecommunications sector vacancy,...

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases...

Four decades on, where’s the HIV vaccine?

Efficacy trials are still a long way off, but experts are hopeful the mRNA technology, which turn the body's cells into vaccine factories and has proven its worth against Covid-19, can make the difference

Govt decides to provide free medicines to AIDS patients: Yasmin Rashid

The Punjab health minister said that the government has issued Insaf Medicine Card to further facilitate the patients.  

Life-saving HIV drugs risk running out, says WHO

About 38 million people worldwide are currently infected with HIV

Is COVID-19 a combination of SARS and AIDS?

Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim doctors have found that COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is a combination of AIDS and SARS

Govt prepares national action plan to check spread of AIDS: Zafar Mirza

Zafar Mirza said auto disable syringes will be introduced from next year to reduce infections and diseases caused by repeated use of syringes.

Sindh govt forms HIV and AIDS control, treatment and prevention commission

Sindh government has decided to form an HIV and AIDS control, treatment and prevention commission to deal with the growing endemic.

SHC directs govt to issue notification of Sindh AIDS Commission

The government has to submit a compliance report by Sept 17

12 inmates in KP jails suffering from AIDS, reveals report

71 prisoners have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and 25 with Hepatitis B in the prisons across the KP.

Dr. Yasmeen Rashid orders HIV screening of inmates in Punjab  

Punjab Minister for Health Dr. Yasmin Rashid on Wednesday directed to conduct HIV screening tests of every prisoner in all the 41 prisons in Punjab.

CM Sindh announces establishment of endowment funds for HIV, AIDS patients

The fund has been established with Rs1 billion to cure the affected patients.

HIV continues to spread in Sindh, tally jumps to 826

Larkana saw the tally reaching 826 patients out of which 680 are told to be children.

HIV/AIDS spreading fast in five districts of Punjab

The HIV endemic is creating havoc in Larkana, Shikarpur and other parts of Sindh

35 more HIV cases confirmed in Larkana

35 more people tested HIV-positive on Monday, as the blood tests of 633 persons were conducted

Doctor facing investigation for poisoning his patients

A doctor already under investigation for poisoning seven patients has been charged with poisoning 17 more people at a clinic

Five HIV positive cases surface in Thatta

THATTA: Five new HIV positive cases surfaced in Thatta district on Monday, setting alarm bells ringing for the provincial authorities to act swiftly to...

Steps being taken to probe outbreak of AIDs in Larkana: Dr Zafar

Federal team along with Sindh officials are conducting screening of people in affected areas.

Sindh has more AIDS cases than Punjab: Haleem Adil Sheikh

“Sindh has less population than Punjab, but the number of AIDS are more than Punjab,” Haleem Adil Sheikh said.

Larkana HIV AIDS spread: Dr Muzaffar’s remand extended

Dr Ghanghro was arrested by the police on Tuesday for the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) AIDS in the area.

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