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This new research is an eye-opener about AIDS in Pakistan
Not too long ago the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) had set an encouraging goal: Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. “There is a strong global consensus that the tools now exist to end the AIDS epidemic”, UNAIDS had stated in a November 2014 report. This pipe dream however seems to be far from reality.
A new report by Institute by Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) shows that there are ‘significant challenges to ending the AID pandemic’. It also brings to light some alarming figures about AIDS in Pakistan. We look at some key figures about AIDS in 2015.
The year saw over 8,000 new cases in Pakistan