[DAWN] Reuse of syringes by quacks appear to be the leading cause behind the recent wave of HIV-positive cases in Larkana, which rose by 32 on Friday to reach a figure of 128 ‐ of which 102 are children ‐ since last week, according to sources within the Sindh health department."Only in one case, the child’s mother was HIV-positive which shows that the virus was vertically transmitted from the mother to the child [in one case only]," said a provincial level health functionary on condition of anonymity.
Since the unusually high number of cases were reported in the last week of April, a total of 3,483 people have been screened in Ratodero taluka by Sindh government’s AIDS Control Programme staff.
| Typical medical malpractice for that part of the world, but better than the other possibility, which would be a typical non-medical practice for that part of the world. |