A pediatric HIV outbreak in Pakistan

CONCLUSIONS: Investigations indicate that unsafe healthcare practices in formal and informal healthcare settings as the most likely cause of the 2019 outbreak of HIV infection in Larkana, Pakistan. Measures should be taken to improve IPC practices at the facility level, especially in pediatric and antenatal care clinics.PMID:38415337 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.002

Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Joumana Hermez Maha Ismail Oliver Morgan Muhammad Safdar Pasha Karl Schenkel Meg Doherty Muhammad Tayyab Yetmgeta Eyayou Abdella Muhammad Asif Sayed Naveed Masood Memon Rana Jawad Asghar Musa Rahim Saqib Sheikh Hammad Ali Elizabeth M Rabold Robert Fontain Source Type: research