12-member international team reaches Karachi to investigate HIV outbreak
12-member international team reaches Karachi to investigate HIV outbreak.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A twelve-member international team Tuesday reached Karachi to investigate the recent HIV/AIDS outbreak in Sindh.
The team comprises experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, UNAIDS and Centre for Disease Control (CDC). American, British, German, Swiss, Italian, Canadian, Thai, Lebanese, Ethiopian and Pakistan experts will gather information from Sindh health department.
The team will also conduct interviews of the patients and their family members in Ratodero.
It is worth mentioning here that 700 patients have been tested positive for HIV in Ratodero including 576 children. Tests of over 21,000 people were conducted after the disease was diagnosed in the area.
