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'Reuse of syringes by quacks likely cause of recent HIV cases in Larkana'
[DAWN] Reuse of syringes by quacks appear to be the leading cause behind the recent wave of HIV-positive cases in Larkana, which rose by 32 on Friday to reach a figure of 128 ‐ of which 102 are children ‐ since last week, according to sources within the Sindh health department.

"Only in one case, the child’s mother was HIV-positive which shows that the virus was vertically transmitted from the mother to the child [in one case only]," said a provincial level health functionary on condition of anonymity.

Since the unusually high number of cases were reported in the last week of April, a total of 3,483 people have been screened in Ratodero taluka by Sindh government’s AIDS Control Programme staff.
Typical medical malpractice for that part of the world, but better than the other possibility, which would be a typical non-medical practice for that part of the world.

Posted by: Fred 2019-05-04
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