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Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance in Pakistan by Shah, Sharaf Ali, Altaf, Arshad

“…Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are transferred fromperson to person by unsafe sexual contact. Some STIs canalso be transmitted through transfusion of…”
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Hepatitis C elimination in Pakistan is a distant dream unless government controls the health sector by Altaf, Arshad, Pasha, Safdar Kamal

“…The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set an ambitious target to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030. Pakistan is one of the focused countries because…”
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Acceptability and feasibility of HIV self-testing among transgender people in Larkana, Pakistan: Results from a pilot project by Altaf, Arshad, Pasha, Muhammad Safdar Kamal, Majeed, Ayesha, Ali, Wajid, Alaama, Ahmed Sabry, Jamil, Muhammad Shahid

“…Background HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an innovative HIV testing approach that effectively reaches those who do not otherwise test, including key populations…”
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Towards safe injection practices for prevention of hepatitis C transmission in South Asia: Challenges and progress by Janjua, Naveed Zafar, Butt, Zahid Ahmad, Mahmood, Bushra, Altaf, Arshad

“…AIM: To summarize the available information about injection use and its determinants in the South Asian region. METHODS: We searched published and unpublished…”
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Injection practices in 2011-2015: a review using data from the demographic and health surveys (DHS) by Hayashi, Tomoyuki, Hutin, Yvan J-F, Bulterys, Marc, Altaf, Arshad, Allegranzi, Benedetta

“…Reuse of injection devices to give healthcare injections decreased from 39.8 to 5.5% between 2000 and 2010, but trends since 2011 have not been described. We…”
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Acceptability and feasibility of intra-peer and social media approach for HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in Karachi: lessons from a pilot study by Altaf, Arshad, Kamal Pasha, Muhammad Safdar, Wali, Muhammad Siddiqui, Majeed, Ayesha

“…To use a peer-to-peer and social media approach to reach out to men who have sex with men (MSM) and to distribute human immunodeficiency virus self-testing…”
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Comparing risk factors of HIV among hijra sex workers in Larkana and other cities of Pakistan: an analytical cross sectional study by Altaf, Arshad, Zahidie, Aysha, Agha, Ajmal

“…In 2005, Pakistan was first labeled as a country with concentrated epidemic of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This was revealed through second generation…”
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Examining unsafe injection practices associated with auto-disable (AD) syringes: a systematic review by Ali Khan, Anokhi, Munir, Mehr, Miraj, Fatima, Imran, Shayan, Arif Siddiqi, Danya, Altaf, Arshad, Khan, Aamir Javed, Chandir, Subhash

“…Auto-disable (AD) syringes are specifically designed to prevent syringe reuse. However, the notion that specific AD syringe designs may be unsafe due to reuse…”
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Baseline assessment of therapeutic injection practices in Pakistan in 2020: a cross-sectional study by Shah, Syed Sharaf Ali, Pasha, Safdar, Iftikar, Nikhat, Soomro, Altaf Ahmed, Farrukh, Nazia, Altaf, Arshad

“…Objective: To assess the magnitude of the problem of injection safety in public and private health facilities in two districts of Sindh and Punjab provinces of…”
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Index testing among HIV-positive patients is feasible and successful in identifying additional HIV infections in Pakistan by Altaf, Arshad, Ali Shah, Syed Sharaf, Pasha, Safdar, Soomro, Altaf Ahmed, Farrukh, Nazia, Khanani, Rafiq

“…To assess the feasibility of index testing approach to test the parents and siblings of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive children, and identify…”
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Aspiration in injections: should we continue or abandon the practice? [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Sepah, Yasir, Samad, Lubna, Altaf, Arshad, Halim, Muhammad Sohail, Rajagopalan, Nithya, Javed Khan, Aamir

“…Aspiration during any kind of injection is meant to ensure that the needle tip is at the desired location during this blind procedure. While aspiration appears…”
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Effect of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Childhood Diarrhea in High-Risk Communities in Pakistan: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Luby, Stephen P, Agboatwalla, Mubina, Painter, John, Altaf, Arshad, Billhimer, Ward L, Hoekstra, Robert M

“…CONTEXT Washing hands with soap prevents diarrhea, but children at the highest risk of death from diarrhea are younger than 1 year, too young to wash their own…”
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High HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs in Pakistan: greater risk with needle sharing and injecting frequently among the homeless by Samo, Rab Nawaz, Altaf, Arshad, Agha, Ajmal, Pasha, Omrana, Rozi, Shafquat, Memon, Ashraf, Azam, Saleem, Blevins, Meridith, Vermund, Sten H, Shah, Sharaf Ali

“…The incidence of HIV among persons who inject drugs (PWIDU) has fallen in many nations, likely due to successes of clean needle/syringe exchange and substance…”
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Risk Factors for Loss to Follow-Up among People Who Inject Drugs in a Risk Reduction Program at Karachi, Pakistan. A Case-Cohort Study by Samo, Rab Nawaz, Agha, Ajmal, Shah, Sharaf Ali, Altaf, Arshad, Memon, Ashraf, Blevins, Meridith, Qian, Han-Zhu, Vermund, Sten H

“…Retention of male people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is a major challenge for harm reduction programs that include sterile needle/syringe exchange in…”
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Correlates of Knowledge of HIV Transmission Among Incident Cases of HIV in a Cohort of Injection Drug Users Receiving Harm Reduction Services at Karachi, Pakistan by Samo, Rab Nawaz, Altaf, Arshad, Shah, Sharaf Ali

“…Background: Knowledge of risk factors for HIV transmission in high-risk population plays a critical role in averting the risk of HIV transmission. In Pakistan,…”
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Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial by Luby, Stephen P., Agboatwalla, Mubina, Painter, John, Altaf, Arshad, Billhimer, Ward, Keswick, Bruce, Hoekstra, Robert M.

“…Summary Objectives  To evaluate the effectiveness of point of use water treatment with flocculent‐disinfectant on reducing diarrhoea and the additional benefit…”
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Is Pakistan at the cusp of an ART resistance? by Altaf, Arshad

“…Only 10% of HIV positive individuals in Pakistan are receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and the dropout rate from HIV treatment is extremely high. This…”
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Condom use during commercial sex among clients of Hijra sex workers in Karachi, Pakistan (cross-sectional study) by Siddiqui, Anees ur Rehman, Qian, Han-Zhu, Altaf, Arshad, Cassell, Holly, Shah, Sharaf Ali, Vermund, Sten H

“…ObjectiveTo describe the prevalence and predictors of condom use and sexual risk in the male clients of Hijra sex workers (HSWs) in Karachi,…”
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Pulmonary aplasia with unusual associations in a woman by Bachh, Arshad Altaf, Pulluri, Sridhar, Beigh, Aadil, Raju, Chippa, Deshpande, Ranganath

“…Failure of development of the primitive lung bud leads to an extremely rare congenital anomaly with a prevalence of 34 per 10 lac live births termed pulmonary…”
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An outbreak of HIV infection among injection drug users in a small town in Pakistan: potential for national implications by Shah, Sharaf Ali, Altaf, Arshad, Mujeeb, Syed Abdul, Memon, Ashraf

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