Dear #PakMedia journalists, it is unethical to reveal a person’s HIV/AIDS status to another person, let alone the media. Despite so much donor money spent on humanitarian trainings of reporters and subeditors, all I am seeing are stories with names and faces of HIV patients.

#HIV ‘outbreak’ in Ratodero, Larkana: 'dire need to create awareness about not giving unnecessary injections (unless lifesaving) to infants and children, maintaining strict safety and hygiene protocols and availability of screened blood for transfusions' dawn.com/news/1481584/e…

Been wanting to write about the #HIV outbreak in Ratodero, Larakana for the past few days. Done with my news report for the paper and now I can share what is on my mind. Interviewed parents, children, civil society members and policemen in the community. Overall anger, disbelief.

Infectious diseases experts say #HIV outbreak in #Ratodero, #Larkana could have been prevented had proper systems been in place. “You have a population which is vulnerable, faces poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition and now has a chronic illness” #IDtwitter dawn.com/news/1484549/s…

#Karachi

Concluding HIV Training for physicians in Sindh (SACP/WHO/AKU). Case discussions. PrEP/PEP. OIs/Coinfections. HIV Jeopardy quiz Fyezah Jehan 👩🏻‍💻🇵🇰 Faisal Mahmood Adil Haider Batool Fatima Zainab Samad Adil Haider @afshanisani Dr Palitha Mahipala Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho #SACP #PENTA

We will explore the origins of this virus, what the world & Pakistan has done to contain the threat and clarify some of the myths surrounding the infection. Details: t2f.com.pk/events/science…

Faisal Mahmood

This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible. 1/ berlingske.dk/nyheder/englis…

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Short clip demonstrating the motility of Trichomonas vaginalis in a urine sample of a middle aged female. #Fortheloveofmicrobiology #clinicalmicrobiology #mmidsp #microrounds #ASMClinMicro #MicroTwitter #WomenInSTEM #WomeninMicrobiology #STEM #ClinMicro #microbiologypakistan

I’m going to Arab News Pakistan’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? x.com/i/spaces/1OdJr…

Long Covid - a Guide for Primary Care #medtwitter #foamed #LongCovid #pasc #mecfs

Day 1 of the 2 days Country Dialogue for Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 #HIV component (Sindh & Baluchistan) held at KHI under the auspices of CMU. Heath & Population Welfare Department, GoS Communicable Disease Control-CDC Sindh (Official) Director General Health Services Sindh @nacp_gov UNAIDS Pakistan UNDP Pakistan UNICEF Pakistan UNODC Pakistan UNFPA Pakistan

Doctor who caught Crimean-Congo fever at Pakistan hospital dies in ambulance traffic jam. The medic was one of several healthcare workers who contracted the virus at the same hospital after ‘critical lapses’ in infection control. Samaan Lateef reports. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…