SINDH: The officials of the Sindh health department said the number of people who have tested positive for HIV reached 1,235, in Larkana’s Ratodero town.
According to Sindh health department officials, four people out of the 50 screened had tested positive recently at Ratodero’s ART center. A total of 38,658 people have been screened so far since the epidemic was uncovered in April.
The officials said children have been excessively pretentious with 975 having tested positive so far. Of these, 599 are male children and 376 female children. While adults, 73 men have tested positive and 187 women.
Ratodero’s HIV center was inaugurated on October 16 last year. An endowment fund of Rs1 billion was announced last June by PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for those affected by HIV.
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