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Why Are So Many Kids In Pakistan Testing Positive for HIV? Read full article Four of Imtiaz Jalbani’s six children contracted H.I.V. His two youngest, 14-month-old Rida and 3-year-old Sameena, have died. (Mustafa Hussain for The New York Times) Oops! Oops! A PEDIATRIC H.I.V. OUTBREAK IN RATODERO SHOWS THE URGENCY OF GLOBAL HEALTH AFTER COVID. One day in February 2019, Nazeer Shah carried his 1-year-old daughter, Eman, into a medical clinic. The doctor there, Imran Arbani, was immediately alarmed: The girl was limp and lethargic, her head flopped over on her father’s shoulder. Her breathing was shallow and fast. She was asleep, hard to rouse, except when she woke to cough. She drooled from her mouth. Her tongue was covered with a thick white coating, which Arbani recognized as thrush, a condition that usually indicates a weakened immune system. At around 11 pounds, she was frighteningly underweight. ....