According to government data released on Tuesday, the Mirpurkhas district of Sindh is quickly becoming “another Larkana” in terms of the surge of HIV diagnoses among youngsters, with 150 children testing positive for the virus in 2024 alone.
With an average of 48 children testing positive for HIV each month in the province, the district currently accounts for more than 26 percent of the 568 pediatric HIV infections that were reported in Sindh last year, raising fears about a growing health catastrophe in the area.
The most recent data gathered by Sindh’s health authorities shows that 568 children in the province received an HIV diagnosis in 2024, including 78 boys and 72 girls from Mirpurkhas alone.
