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HIV/AIDS Clinic in Pakistan Working to Fight Stigma, Provide Treatment

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

October 21, 2011

Inter Press Service reports on the Family Care Centre for people living with HIV/AIDS in Pakistan, which opened in Peshawar on September 1 "in the hope of breaking the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS" in a region where myths surrounding the disease and its transmission are prevalent. "The first of its kind in South Asia, the Centre will serve as a diagnostic and treatment facility for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as offer counseling services to affected family members," according to IPS. "The center already has 600 registered patients including 175 from neighboring Afghanistan, all of whom will receive free antiretroviral treatment (ART) imported from the WHO in India," the news service writes (Yusufzai, 10/21).

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