Article: Pathways to prevention: insights on stemming HIV outbreaks in Larkana, Pakistan.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
2024 Volume 74, Issue 3, Page(s) 544–548
Abstract: In the past two decades, Pakistan has faced multiple human immunodeficiency virus outbreaks, with Larkana appearing to be the hub of such outbreaks. While the previous Larkana outbreaks happened in high-risk populations, the alarming outbreak in 2019 ... ...
| Abstract | In the past two decades, Pakistan has faced multiple human immunodeficiency virus outbreaks, with Larkana appearing to be the hub of such outbreaks. While the previous Larkana outbreaks happened in high-risk populations, the alarming outbreak in 2019 occurred in a low-risk paediatric population, raising several concerning questions. Human immunodeficiency virus infections spilling into the general population is indicative of a steady increase in the number of cases, and the failure of control strategies to stem the concentrated epidemic from evolving. Although several causative factors have been identified from previous outbreaks, the one that occurred in 2019 may have been influenced by an additional, hitherto unexplored factor; child sexual abuse. The current narrative review was planned to summarise human immunodeficiency virus risk factors and causes identified in previous Larkana epidemics, to explore potential reasons for the outbreaks in children, and to discuss possible steps needed for stemming human immunodeficiency virus outbreaks in Pakistan. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Child ; Humans ; HIV ; Pakistan/epidemiology ; HIV Infections/epidemiology ; HIV Infections/prevention & control ; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control ; Risk Factors | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2024-03-25 | |||||
| Publishing country | Pakistan | |||||
| Document type | Review ; Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 603873-6 | |||||
| ISSN | 0030-9982 | |||||
| ISSN | 0030-9982 | |||||
| DOI | 10.47391/JPMA.9042 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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