Unprecedented rise in human immunodeficiency virus cases in Pakistan: A public health emergency

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World J Clin Infect Dis. Aug 20, 2025; 14(2): 109220
Published online Aug 20, 2025. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v14.i2.109220

Unprecedented rise in human immunodeficiency virus cases in Pakistan: A public health emergency

Abdul Basit, Muneeb Saifullah, Uzma Baig, Aamir Ameer, Abdul Mabood Basil

Abdul Basit, Muneeb Saifullah, Department of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan

Uzma Baig, Department of Medicine, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi 75510, Sindh, Pakistan

Aamir Ameer, Department of Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi 75510, Sindh, Pakistan

Abdul Mabood Basil, Department of Medicine, Spinghar Medical University, Kabul 1001, Afghanistan

Author contributions: Basit A and Saifullah M gave study conception; Baig U, Ameer A, and Basil AM wrote the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Abdul Mabood Basil, MD, Department of Medicine, Spinghar Medical University, Fourth Alley, Char Rahe Qambar Kabul, Kabul 1001, Afghanistan. abdulmaboodbasil@outlook.com

Received: May 6, 2025
Revised: May 20, 2025
Accepted: August 4, 2025
Published online: August 20, 2025
Processing time: 109 Days and 12.1 Hours

Core Tip

Core Tip: Pakistan is witnessing a sharp rise in human immunodeficiency virus cases, with over 9700 new infections in the first nine months of 2024. Punjab and Sindh are the most affected regions, and males constitute the majority of new cases. This surge underscores the urgent need for strengthened surveillance, awareness, and treatment access.