AIDS abnormally increase with 40 new cases, Health ministry

AIDS abnormally increase with 40 new cases, Health ministry

Doctor Dan Clinic in Bairo Pite. Patient in bed with AIDS. The 1st of December is commemorated globally as World AIDS Day. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. So far, HIV/AIDs remains at low levels in Timor-Leste with less than 0.2 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive. However social factors such as intermittent massive social dislocation, cross-border migration, high unemployment, political unrest and a weak and limited health system could dramatically increase the spread of HIV infection. UNMIT Photo/Martine Perret

A local News channel reported that in the province of Punjab, the city of Chiniot had at least 40 new cases of AIDS during a period of two months.

Information suggests that in the past two months, Chiniot, Punjab province has seen an influx of 40 new HIV cases, with 22 people testing positive for HIV during a sample size of 62.

AIDS cases are continuously increasing

According to Azhar Abbas, coordinator of the AIDS Control Programme, 715 new cases have been registered in the last three years.

Twenty-two of the sixty-two people tested positive for HIV, according to Azhar Abbas.

He went on to say that hazardous blood transfusions, sexual practises, and drug use are major contributors to the HIV pandemic, and that persistent fever, weight loss, and gastrointestinal problems are typical HIV symptoms.

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