San Francisco: A UNICEF report shows that young girls are more affected by AIDS than young boys and this number is increasing. According to media reports, a UNICEF report states that in 2022, approximately 98,000 adolescent girls worldwide will test positive for the HIV virus. Additionally, 384 women between the ages of 10 and 19…
President Dr. Arif Alvi – file photo President Dr. Arif Alvi says that HIV is not only preventable but also curable. President Dr. Arif Alvi has said in his message on the occasion of World AIDS Day that World AIDS Day is being celebrated under the theme ‘Let Communities Lead’. He said that the purpose…
Secretary Health Iftikhar Ali Shalawani – file photo Health Secretary Iftikhar Ali Shalwani says that fighting together with global partners to fight AIDS. Federal Ministry of Health organized a special event on the occasion of World AIDS Day. Secretary Health Iftikhar Ali Shalwani while addressing the event said that AIDS is a disease that we…
—File photo 342 new cases of AIDS have been reported in Balochistan province during one year. According to Balochistan AIDS Control Program Manager Dr. Khalid-ur-Rehman Qambrani, the number of registered AIDS cases in Balochistan has reached 2358. Dr. Khalid Qambrani says that 937 cases of AIDS have been reported from Quetta, 339 cases from Turbat…
File photo. 342 cases of AIDS were reported in Balochistan during one year. According to Dr. Khalid Qambrani, Manager AIDS Control Program from Quetta, the number of registered AIDS cases in Balochistan has reached 2358. 1937 cases of AIDS have been reported in Quetta, 339 in Turbat, 44 in Hub, 30 in Loralai and 8…
This year’s commemoration pays tribute to the people and organizations that have been on the frontlines of the disease – from fighting stigma and discrimination, to advocating for access to affordable interventions and community-led services. They “have left an indelible mark on the world with their activism,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Advocacy and impact Innovations such…
This is the ninth decade of the last century. Famous Hollywood actor Rock Hudson fell ill with a strange disease. He was treated in a Paris hospital but died on October 2, 1985. Later, the whole world came to know that the name of his disease was AIDS. Rock Hudson was not the first man…
A large number of fighters from the militant Islamist group JNIM attacked a military base, homes, and a camp for displaced people in the city of Djibo, on Sunday. At least 40 people were killed and more than 42 injured. The attackers also set fire to 20 shops and three sites for displaced people. Stop attacking civilians “Attacks on…
More than 64 people are missing and feared dead after the vessel they were travelling in capsized on Sunday. Approximately 90 migrants, including 60 women, were on board the vessel, which was heading to Yemen from the coast of Djibouti. Twenty-six survivors were rescued by the Yemeni Coast Guard. Global cooperation needed IOM is collaborating…
The Global Fund, an international organization fighting deadly diseases like AIDS, TB and Malaria, has said that climate change is hampering efforts to control these dangerous infectious diseases. In the report for the year 2023, the World Organization has said that although the efforts made against these three deadly infectious diseases have returned to the…
