Stay updated with breaking news from Sharaf shah. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Daily Times April 20, 2021 Pakistan is a nation in the Asia and Pacific region where new HIV infections have been increasing at a worrying pace since 2010. The Asia and Pacific region was home to an estimated 5.8 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2019. Along with some central Asian nations, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are facing rapidly expanding HIV epidemics. This was stated by Dr. Sharaf Ali Shah, an internationally recognised Pakistani expert on HIV/AIDS, in his research paper, Challenges of Antiretroviral Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Pakistan. He said between 2010 and 2018 new infections rose by 75% in Pakistan in these eight years. According to the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) there are an estimated 180,000 PLHIV in the country, of whom only 23,592 (13.1%) were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). ....