As many as six new HIV positive cases were reported at the screening camp at the Taluka Headquarter Hospital on Monday, taking the number of affected people to 812. However, no case was found at the screening camps established at the RHUs of Naundero and Banguldero and BHU of Pir Bux Bhutto village where blood of 42 people was tested for HIV. As many as 28,315 people among the general population have so far been tested since April 25, of which 812 people were found to be HIV positive – 668 among them children. Meanwhile, members of the civil society with the cooperation of Integrated Health Services (IHS) also organised a screening camp in Badah on Sunday and tested 329 people, of which 23 were detected HIV positive, including 10 children and nine women.
Six more HIV cases detected
As many as six new HIV positive cases were reported at the screening camp at the Taluka Headquarter Hospital on Monday, taking the number of affected people to 812. However, no case was found at the screening camps established at the RHUs of Naundero and Banguldero and BHU of Pir Bux Bhutto village where blood […]
