The position of AIDS in Pakistan, UAE and Jordan

M Ahmad1, L A Abu-Hijleh

  • 1Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.

AIDS is a term used for Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome. It is, by definition, the end-stage disease manifestation of an infection with a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The virus infects mainly two system of the body i.e. the immune system and central nervous system (CNS) and the occurrence of disease is due to the damage of these two systems. The statistics on AIDS are alarming, especially for Sub-Saharan Africa India. Some scientific studies indicated that upto one-third of all sexually active adults living in this region are already infected, up to 40% of all women and one in 10 to one in 5 children born in this part are actively infected with HIV and will be dead before having reached their fifth birthday. The information on HIV infected young adults were collected both from official and non-official sources of the following countries, Jordan, UAE, Pakistan. A big difference in number of patients was found between official and non-official data. Anyhow, both data (official & non-official) are alarming due to the increase in number of HIV cases. 21st century is especially dangerous to the next generation of Pakistan and Arab World because of increase in percentage of HIV cases during the last 5 years.

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