Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The Pakistan city where almost 700 people
have been infected with HIV
HIV is a virus spread through certain body
fluids that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 cells. Over
time, HIV can destroy so many of these cells that the body can’t fight off
infections and disease. It is estimated that about 37 million people are infected
by HIV/AIDS in the world, and nearly one million people died of HIV-related
illnesses in 2017. The number of people who are infected by this deadly virus
varies considerably between countries and regions. In fact, nearly one of every
25 adults, or four percent, live with HIV in Africa, which accounts for nearly two-thirds
of the world’s total.
In Pakistan, many people believe that receiving
drugs via injection is more effective than taking pills. There, despite having known
what causes the infection and how to prevent it from spreading, some thoughtless
medical practitioners or institutes in rural regions seem to have reused
needles or syringes on different patients. Can imagine the end results? Children
are the ones most infected by the deadly virus. It sounds like gross negligence.
Read the article and learn what could happen
if a medical procedure is done improperly.
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