Yasmin Bhurgri.
HIV/AIDS in Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;56(1):3-4.

Pakistan to a large extent has managed to remain relatively protected from the spread of AIDS to date. It is identified as a low-prevalence, high-risk country for the spread of HIV infection. By the end of 2000, a total of 1549 HIV positive and 202 AIDS cases had been reported; by December 2002 the number had risen to 1,998. In 2003, the Global Surveillance of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a joint effort of WHO and UNAIDS, worked closely with the Federal Government of Pakistan to calculate the HIV/AIDS burden of the country. The calculations were based on previously published estimates for 1999 and 2001 and recent trends in HIV/AIDS surveillance in the population. This group estimated HIV/AIDS positive adults aged 15-49 years in Pakistan to be 73,000, 8,900 being women. The general population prevalence was estimated as 0.1% and high-risk population prevalence as 1-2%. The male-to-female ratio was calculated as 42:6 and 7:1 (per 100,000) in reported HIV-positive and AIDS cases, respectively. The estimated AIDS deaths were cited as 4,900. This is an Editorial.

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