Responding to the HIV outbreak in Larkana
UNAIDS - "Ahmed (not his real name) is worried as he tells his story: his five-year old son Mukhtar has been newly diagnosed with HIV. Ahmed, a medical officer working in a local hospital in the city of Rotadero in southeast Pakistan, had taken Mukhtar to be tested for HIV when the local media began warning of an increase in HIV cases among children living in his area of Sindh Province.
At the end of April, following warnings from a medical practitioner in Ratodero that a number of children under his care had tested positive for HIV in a short span of time, health officials expanded HIV screening in Larkana District. After more than six weeks of testing, more than 750 people have been newly diagnosed with HIV, with children accounting for 80% of the confirmed cases." (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)