AIDS in Sindh, Why Should You Be Concerned As a Public Health Specialist
Dr Agha Inamullah Khan 17th May 2019 A study was conducted in 2005, to learn on factors contributing to high prevalence of HIV in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA). Interestingly if you review the multiplicity of causes, they reflect same situation as in Sindh-Pakistan, where alarming bells have rung with suspected hundreds of thousands of cases. Systematic review of literature was done via Medline, the Internet, articles in referred journals, and un-referred features from the East Africa media houses and personal communications. The Abstracts of all articles identified were accessed, read and analyzed to determine possible relevance to the spread of HIV-1. When relevance was established from the abstract, the entire paper was read and important points were included in the review. It was concluded that there were many reasons why the spread of HIV-1 in SSA was declining over the years. Main risk factors for HIV-1 infection and AIDS disease in SSA were found to include poverty...