How children are paying the price in Pakistan’s mass HIV outbreak
Al Jazeera
Hundreds tested positive in 2019 after whistle-blower doctor uncovered scandal involving the reuse of needles in Sindh.
Since his son was diagnosed with HIV during a mass outbreak among babies and children in Pakistan, Shahzado Shar has often been forced to choose between food and medicine. His five-year-old was one of the hundreds who tested positive in 2019 after a whistle-blower doctor uncovered a scandal involving the reuse of needles in southern Sindh province. The number of patients quickly swelled and two years later, the figure stands at more than 1,500, according to data from the provincial health ministry.More Related News