An HIV epidemic has been discovered in Pakistan and is being linked by officials to a local physician.
Nazar Shah, a resident of Ratodero, Pakistan, cried holding his 2-year-old daughter Fatima and praying to God to"protect and cure the beautiful gift He has given them."
By the latest count, 617 patients were diagnosed as HIV positive out of 20,880 patients screened, according to Dr. Sikandar Memon, manager of the Sindh AIDS Control Programme. Of those HIV positive cases, 503 are children and 114 are adults. According to official figures, there are 23,000 registered HIV positive patients in Pakistan overall.
To serve the local population, Memon said the government has established camps at various sites to screen for HIV.
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