KARACHI – Declaring HIV outbreak in Ratodero area of Larkana as a “Grade 2 Emergency”, World Health Organization (WHO) has said that inadequate stock of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART/ARV) medicines has emerged as the major challenge for Pakistan where the current stock of ARVs is only sufficient to meet the needs of 240 children till 15th July 2019.
“Major challenge to access to ARVs is inadequate stock of ARVs in the country. The current stock available is sufficient to meet the needs of 240 children only till 15th July 2019, of which 231 are already getting treatment which means that only 9 additional children can be enrolled on treatment”, says a WHO Situation Report titled “Pakistan: HIV Outbreak in Larkana District Sindh”, which was released on June 03, 2019.
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