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Experts want more govt help to combat HIV/AIDS in Pakistan
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by hussain | December 1, 2008 at 10:58 pm
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Marking the Global HIV/AIDS Day on Monday, patients and activists asked the Pakistan government to tackle the menace head-on because the socio-economic situation of the country, according to them, provided the ideal breeding ground for AIDS.
The socio-economic situation of Pakistan provides the ideal breeding ground for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the government needs to tackle the menace head-on, patients and activists here said on Monday, marked worldwide as Global HIV/AIDS Day.The experts said the factors that contributed to the spread of AIDS, including fear of stigma; unsafe blood transfusion measures; safe incineration of hospital waste; checks and balances on the business of prostitution; and lack of awareness could be observed throughout the country.
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at 05:59 on December 2nd, 2008
HIV and AIDS are a serious threat to Humanity that has to be doubt with all our resources or it may become a pandemic in the next two decades.