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India-Pakistan
56 more people test positive for HIV in Ratodero
2019-05-12
[DAWN] RATODERO: As many as 56 more suspected cases of HIV were detected after screening of 1,118 people at Ratodero taluka hospital and one-day screening camps set up in villages near the town on Friday, raising the total number of infected persons to 331 in 13 days.

Of the 56 suspected cases, 39 were children and 17 were adults.

In a camp in Tayab village, as many as 198 people were screened (63 male, 47 female and 88 children) and of them a six-year-old boy tested HIV positive whereas in Subhani Shar village, 250 cases were screened and six were detected HIV positive.

Provincial health secretary Saeed Ahmed Awan said during his visit of the camps that over 3,000 people had been screened out of which 226 tested HIV positive. When they were rechecked 113 cases were confirmed, he said, adding that treatment of 88 infected children was under way. He blamed malpractice by quacks and some qualified doctors for the spread of HIV in Ratodero and said the disease spread within a short period due to lack of awareness.

He said that a joint strategy was being prepared by health department, National AIDS Control Programme, international donors such as Global Fund, WHO, Unicef and others to control the virus and provide treatment to the affected people.
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