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The latest outbreak linked to a Karachi hospital is the newest in a series that experts say reflects systemic failures.
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Inside Pakistan’s HIV outbreak: What’s going on in Sindh as 130, mostly children, test positive?
A whopping 130 people, mostly children have tested positive in Pakistan’s Sindh province. An inquiry has revealed that improper use of syringes and other safety lapses by the medical staff at Kulsum B ...
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: HIV outbreak in Pakistan: How deadly safety lapses at Sindh hospital put children at risk
At least 78 children have contracted HIV in an outbreak in Pakistan's Karachi linked to serious infection-control and medical waste management failures at a state-run hospital.Get breaking news ...
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Pakistan’s southern Sindh province evacuates 100,000 people over flooding threat
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan's southern Sindh province have evacuated more than 100,000 people from low-lying areas along the Indus river, a government spokesman said on Friday, after ...
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Pakistan HIV outbreak: Over 130 test positive in Karachi, most of them children
According to the inquiry reports, staff failed to follow infection prevention protocols, protective equipment was not used properly and there were shortcomings in the handling of single-use syringes.
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Nearly one million cases of infectious diseases recorded in three coastal districts of Sindh in four years: study
Research finds disease incidence rise with higher temperature, humidity and precipitation in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin.
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Pakistan’s Government Backs Down After Sindh Province Wracked by Anti-Canal Protests
Sindhis are taking to the streets to oppose controversial canals on the Indus River and government support for corporate farming. The sit-in protest against the Indus River canals at the Babarlo ...
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: As Pakistan’s monsoon arrives, people with HIV worry
Amid the chaos, the couple had one more crucial thing to rescue: their life-saving HIV drugs. They trudged through neck-deep water inside their home to save their antiretroviral treatment pills from ...
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Pakistan's Sindh Province Faces Major Child HIV Outbreak
Pakistan investigates HIV outbreak at Karachi hospital where 40 children tested positive. Unsafe medical practices and low awareness fuel one of the world's fastest-growing epidemics.
News Pakistan » Sindh » People: Pakistan's southern Sindh province evacuates 100,000 people over flooding threat
ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have evacuated more than 100,000 people from low-lying areas along the Indus river, a government spokesman said on Friday, after ...