Rising HIV Seroconversion Rates and Associated Risks Among Civilian Employees of Pakistan Army: A Case Control Study - Pakistan, 2017

An Epidemic of Pediatric HIV From Reuse of Infusion Equipment in Pakistan

“…3 However, in a group of 75,000 contracted male workers from the general Pakistani population, new HIV infections doubled between 2015 and 2017. 4 The first reported localized outbreak in the general population occurred in a rural community in Gujrat (2008). 5 Additional localized outbreaks occurred in Larkana district (2016) and Kot Imrana in Punjab province (2018); in all 3 outbreaks, investigators suspected unsafe injections or health care practices as a possible mode of transmission.…”