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ISLAMABAD: The original spread of HIV in key populations in Pakistan during the 6th round of integrated biological and behavior (IBBS) was ‘significantly higher than information’ in the preliminary results presented last week.
However, the news has been reported officially reduced HIV’s spread rates due to the removal of unconscious lines on rapid diagnostic tests, the news has been reported.
According to data available for this author, 2,057 (32 %) persons who drug (PWID), 1,295 (17 %) male (MSM), 826 (12.3 %) female sex workers (FSWS), and Have sex with. 2,542 (33 %) Transgender individuals (TG) showed unconscious reactions to their initial tests, but were not subjected to further verification examination. This error has raised serious concerns about Pakistan’s HIV surveillance accuracy.
The manufacturer’s guidelines for rapid diagnostic kits, along with the WHO -issued guidelines, clearly indicate that no one can make any difference to the unconscious lines how to react to the unconscious equation or H. IV is considered positive, which requires another verification test.
Despite these clear protocols, IBBS enforcement neglected unconscious lines, with official estimates that potentially reduced the severity of the outbreak, excluding a large part of HIV positive cases.
Health Services Academy, in collaboration with Progressive Development Initiative (PDI), UK, and WHO by Health Services Academy (HSA), HIV Surveillance (HIVHUBB), in collaboration with Iran (Health Services Academy Almost a decade after the HSA), the sixth period of the IBBS surveyed 28,377 people. They included 6,500 PWIDs, 7,606 MSM, 6,670 FSW, 7,601 TG, and 5,000 prisoners.
Preliminary results presented to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination of Coordination indicated the increase in HIV proliferation between TG (7.2 % to 10 % in 2016), MSM (7 % 5.6 % To 7 %), and FSWS (2.2 to 3.8 % 2.2) %).
However, the spread between PWID showed a reduction from 38.4 percent to 27 percent in 2016, which is attributed to a large extent to reduce loss programs. However, data from the new scene on the unconscious line results suggests that the actual spread may be far more than notification.
Nevertheless, the failure to overcome people with unconscious letters causes serious doubts about these figures. According to officials of the National HIV Program, the actual number of HIV positive cases may be much higher than notification.
An example was a person who had initially tested with a very unconscious line but, after determining the initial detection using a different lot of Lot number, confirm the positiveness of HIV Showed a strong reaction line.
In a few minutes of a review meeting in June 2024, it was revealed that IBBS enforcement was clearly advised to follow the WHO and manufacturer’s guidelines, H. Consider the unconscious lines as IV -positive cases.
In these recommendations to consider all RDTs with unconscious red lines as a reaction and ensure verification tests, an external advisor review, and ensure AI-Assisted analysis to verify data, this The World Fund (GF) was informed about the revised protocol and consequences.
Despite these recommendations, the IBBS implementation failed to follow the guidance, raising the doubts that the low spread of HIV was shown artificially in key populations to exclude unconscious line issues It was
This disclosure has given rise to anger between health professionals and HIV supporters, which argues that such negligence comprises Pakistan’s ability to create effective health interference. – Reducing HIV issues is at risk of misusing resources, reducing funds for prevention programs and misleading policy makers about the actual scale of outbreaks.
A senior official of the National HIV program, who requested not to be named, expressed concern over the misconduct of the test results: “Ignoring the faint letters on rapid diagnostic tests against the protocol’s seriousness of the protocol. The decision is the key implications of HIV monitoring, funding, and public health policy in Pakistan.
