WHO supports response to HIV outbreak in Sindh, Pakistan

On 16 May local authorities established a new antiretroviral treatment clinic for children in Larkana.

Key tasks for the WHO-led team will include: ascertaining the source of the outbreak and controlling it; providing technical expertise, particularly in the areas of HIV testing, paediatric HIV treatment and family counselling; and ensuring adequate supplies of rapid diagnostic tests and antiretroviral medicines for both adults and children, as well as single-use needles and syringes.

The WHO mission will include experts in emergency response management, epidemiology, HIV clinical care, and infection prevention and control from WHO as well as the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). The team will work closely with the Ministry and partners, including the Aga Khan University, Pakistan’s Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program (FELTP), UNAIDS and UNICEF in Larkana.

For more information contact:

Ms Maryam Yunus
Communications Officer
WHO Country Office, Pakistan
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Phone: 03008441744

Dr Safdar Kamal Pasha
National Programme Officer, HIV/AIDS
WHO Country Office, Pakistan
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Phone: 03018551470