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Evolving HIV Epidemic in Pakistan

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Pakistan is one of the most populous countries in the world, with a current population of 145 5 million, an annual growth rate of 2.1%, an infant mortality rate of 85/1000 births, and a maternal mortality rate of 350/100,000 (Government of Pakistan, 2001). Situated in the western part of South Asia, Pakistan is bordered by Iran and Afghanistan to the west, China to the north, India to the east, and the Arabian Sea to the south.

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  1. Sindh AIDS Control Program, Karachi, Pakistan

    Sharaf Ali Shah

  2. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

    Syed Abdul Mujeeb

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  1. Harvard AIDS Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Yichen Lu PhD (Principal Research Scientist, Special Professor) & Ellen Stiefvater MPP (Principal Research Scientist, Special Professor) & 

  2. Nankai University, Tianjin, China

    Yichen Lu PhD (Principal Research Scientist, Special Professor) (Principal Research Scientist, Special Professor)

  3. Harvard AIDS Institute, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Max Essex DVM, PhD (Chairman, Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences) (Chairman, Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences)

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Shah, S.A., Mujeeb, S.A. (2004). Evolving HIV Epidemic in Pakistan. In: Lu, Y., Essex, M., Stiefvater, E. (eds) AIDS in Asia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48536-7_9

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