Aids patients in Pakistan rise to 80,000.ISLAMABAD Islamabad (ĭs'ləməbäd`, ĭslăm`–), city (1998 pop. 524,500), capital of Pakistan, NE Pakistan, just NE of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital. , September 06, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Parliamentary Secretary A Parliamentary Secretary is a member of a Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with their duties. In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is customary for the for Health, Mehreen Razaq has informed the National Assembly on Tuesday that the number of Aids patients in Pakistan has risen to 80,000. Responding to a call attention notice, she said that HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Aids Control Programme did not show satisfactorily performance during the last 5 to 6 years. However, the government was taking measures to create awareness among people, she added. She urged the need of effective monitoring system to ensure the implementation of Aids Control Programme on the provincial level and parliamentarians have also responsibility to play their role in this regard. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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