HIV/AIDS among children in Ratodero, Pakistan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations.

Autor: Mohan A; Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan., Shaikh MTA; Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan., Wara UU; Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan., Rackimuthu S; Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India., Costa ACDS; Federal University of Bahia - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Lal PM; Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan., Ahmad S; Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan., Essar MY; Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical epidemiology and global health [Clin Epidemiol Glob Health] 2021 Oct-Dec; Vol. 12, pp. 100878. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100878
Abstrakt: In Pakistan, HIV has increased at an alarming rate in recent decades, and the death toll has risen. It is a public health challenge amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that is not being given due importance. The present article looks at the challenges and efforts being made to deal with HIV among children in Ratodero, Pakistan, and addresses measures that can be taken to control the disease in the child population epidemiologically.
Competing Interests: No conflict of interest declared.
(© 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of INDIACLEN.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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