Assessing risk criteria and HIV prevalence in antenatal clinic clients from 2 urban tertiary hospitals in Pakistan

Shabbir, Naveeda; Uzma, Qudsia; Abbass, S

doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-s1-p148

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“…The best available evidence on HIV in the general population comes from routine antenatal HIV surveillance conducted in clinics for pregnant women. In 2008-09, there was not a single case of HIV reported among 2,983 women sampled (venue-based sampling) at Lady Wallington Hospital in Lahore, or among 2,589 pregnant women sampled at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad (Shabbir, Uzma and Abbass 2010). Although these data are somewhat dated, among 118,899 people tested (venue-based) from 1988-1996 in Sindh, only 315 or 0.26 percent were reported as HIV-positive (Hyder et al 1999).…”

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