Infectious diseases experts have warned that Pakistan’s HIV epidemic is no longer confined to traditional high-risk groups, with about 39% of infections now found among non-key, low-risk populations, including women and children, while virus-related deaths have risen by more than 500% over the past decade.
Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday, experts from the Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan said unsafe injections, contaminated blood transfusions and weak infection control in healthcare settings were fuelling a dangerous and largely preventable rise in HIV cases.
