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PM asks health ministry to raise awareness about AIDS prevention
“On World Aids Day today, let us all vow to end the stigma attached to HIV,” he said.
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged the Ministry of Health to focus on raising awareness about AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) through testing, prevention, and treatment to effectively fight the scourge.
The prime minister, in a tweet, expressed concern over the increasing incidence of HIV and AIDS among children and adolescents, terming it as “deeply worrying”.
Shehbaz Sharif also emphasized removing the taboos attached to AIDS to ensure its end.
“On World Aids Day today, let us all vow to end the stigma attached to HIV,” he said.
The increasing incidence of HIV & Aids among the children & adolescents is deeply worrying. I urge Ministry of Health to focus on awareness about testing, prevention & treatment to fight scourge. On World Aids Day today, let us all vow to end the stigma attached with HIV.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) December 1, 2022
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