Karachi: Director General of health, Sindh confirmed the news earlier on Wednesday that ‘We are initiating the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program in Sindh to prevent persons from high-risk populations from becoming HIV positive, in response to an increase in new HIV infections. Sindh has always been a leader in making early decisions in the field of health, and others will undoubtedly follow suit,” Dr Jumman Bahoto, DG of Health Sindh.
According to researchers, if medicine is taken daily, the risk of HIV infection can be reduced by 90%. However, the medicine (PrEP) was introduced in the market 10 years ago but medicine is concentrated in a small number of countries. According to the scientific report, around 1.5 million new cases of HIV infections were recorded in 2020 and on average about 4000 were registered per day. The initiative helps to combat the spread of HIV in Pakistan.
