The HIV/AIDS threat
Today is World AIDS Day. While we are struggling with the second wave of Covid-19, it may sound impertinent to talk about an issue which is not even considered as…
Preventing HIV
On December 1, Pakistan comes together to commemorate World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to increasing awareness about AIDS, and a day for remembering all those who have died from…
Larkana’s HIV outbreak
FOR several years, bonfires were lighting up in small towns and villages of Sindh; bonfires turned to bushfires, and bushfires are now rapidly engulfing the forest. Brave firefighters are battling…
Ending AIDS
The Aids epidemic has defined the global health agenda for an entire generation. The first Aids*-related deaths were diagnosed 35 years ago and HIV rapidly became a global crisis. The…
Son’s death from AIDS turned Mandela to cause he neglected
When Nelson Mandela is laid to rest Sunday in his ancestral village of Qunu, he will be interred next to three of his children, one of who died of AIDS-related…
A dangerous world
Child trafficking is a widespread phenomenon. Children make up 27 percent of the 40 million victims of trafficking worldwide. Two out of every three identified child victims are girls. The…
Restrictive visa policies
The 24th International AIDS Conference (IAC) is scheduled to take place in Montreal, Canada between July 29 to August 2. Aimed at promoting the latest HIV science and exploring a…
Climate-stricken world needs renewables Marshall Plan
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday outlined what amounts to a global Marshall Plan for ushering in a world powered by renewable energy rather than coal, gas and oil. To…
‘#SaveDaughtersOfSindh’
8th March. International Woman’s Day. That’s it. Just a day. In some parts of Pakistan not even a day. Those some parts include Sindh. Women have been at the receiving…
Preventing a pandemic
The WHO has declared Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity and termed it “the biggest threats of the 21st century to global…
