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ANALYSIS OF EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF HIV IN PAKISTANI POPULATION

Nida Arif, Zunera Javed, Haroon Rashid

Introduction: HIV/AIDS is no more a health problem; it has become a security issue as millions of people are at the verge of extinction. Around 90% of the AIDS victims are living in the developing countries where the incidence rate is aggravated by poverty, hunger, disease, lack of medical facilities, illiteracy and under-development. Objectives of the study: The basic aim of the study is to analyze the emergence and evolution of HIV in Pakistan. Methodology of the study: This cross sectional study was conducted at Combined Military Hoapital Rawalakot AJK during 2018 to 2019. Basically we design a questionnaire to find out the reasons and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Pakistani nation. In this questionnaire we add some basic questions regarding HIV. Results: Like other Asian countries Pakistan is also HIV epidemic, characterized by different risk factors Formerly Pakistan was considered to be a low prevalence country, but now it is in the group of "Countries in Transition" with a concentrated epidemic among high risk groups, where the AIDS problem is increasing since last five years, according to the private newspaper The News and NACP NIH. Conclusion: This is the common thought in the minds of Pakistani people that as an Islamic Republic, Pakistan is protected from HIV/AIDS. This is true that Islam is against pre-marital sex or extra-marital sex and also homosexuality, and this is a valuable barrier against HIV/AIDS. But still there is a threat of prevalence of this disease in Pakistan.

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