Experts want more govt help to combat HIV/AIDS in Pakistan

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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