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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on TB and HIV Services in Pakistan

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Dear Editor
We read with interest the article recently published entitle ‘Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis laboratory services in Europe." by and here we would like to explore the effect of COVID19 pandemic on TB and HIV services in Pakistan.
As corona virus spreads rapidly in the world, many gaps in the well-established health care system have been exposed. As a result, many more issues have been aroused for the already vulnerable community like patients with tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Like all the countries of the world, Pakistan is also hit hard by the pandemic with 1,572,778 confirmed cases including 30,619 deaths. However, this is not the first time that Pakistan has experienced national health emergency situations. Before this, secondary infection with tuberculosis was the prime concern for HIV/AIDS control measures in Pakistan (To be continued).

DOI

10.21608/mid.2022.166863.1393

Keywords

COVID-19, TB, HIV Services

Authors

First Name

Rooh

Last Name

Ullah

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Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Lincoln University College, Malaysia.

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roohullah@bs.qau.edu.pk

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Orcid

0000-0002-9185-839X

First Name

Mati

Last Name

Ur Rehman

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ascencia Business School, College de Paris, France.

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mrkhan.azeemi@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-9640-4469

First Name

Tarique

Last Name

Noorul Hasan

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. School of Life Science, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Email

tariquenh@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-7744-9637

First Name

Mehmood

Last Name

Qadir

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National TB Reference Laboratory, Islamabad, Pakistan

Email

mahmood_qadirpk@hotmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Qurat

Last Name

Ul Ain

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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qurat.azeemi@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shabana

Last Name

Perween

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Email

shabana54tarique@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Narmeen

Last Name

Arshad

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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narm_arsh@hotmail.com

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-

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-

First Name

Muhammad

Last Name

Ammad

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-

Affiliation

Pure Health Laboratory, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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mammad1990@hotmail.com

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-

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-

First Name

Muhammad

Last Name

Suleman Rana

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-

Affiliation

Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

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ranavirologist@gmail.com

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-

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4

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1

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39092

Issue Date

2023-02-01

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2022-10-04

Publish Date

2023-02-01

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5

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7

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2682-4132

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2682-4140

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MID_Volume 4_Issue 1_Pages 5-7.pdf

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Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on TB and HIV Services in Pakistan

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25 Dec 2024