While HIV/AIDS cases are on the decrease in different nations, there has been a stressing upsurge of the infection in Pakistan. According to the UNAIDS, the quantity of HIV/AIDS infected patients has reached over 160,000 in 2018. Of these, around 110,000 were male; 48,000 females and 5,500 children under the age of 15. Approximately 6,400 […]
Polio strikes Pakistan
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread, mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently, by a typical source (e.g. contaminated water or food), and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and can cause paralysis. The […]
Revisiting HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune systems of a person. After weakening the defence mechanism, it makes a person vulnerable to other infections, which otherwise are less likely to affect. HIV, in the absence of vigorous actions, leads to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This deadliest disease, according to Alan Whiteside in […]