ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has recorded a total of 3,900 children with HIV across the country between January 2025 and June 2026.
Sindh and Punjab reported 3,680 of these cases, according to official figures.
The province-wise figures, provided by the Ministry of National Health Services show 1,915 such cases recorded in Sindh and 1,765 in Punjab.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa recorded 139 cases, Balochistan 46, Islamabad 30, Azad Jammu and Kashmir four and Gilgit-Baltistan one.
Per WHO and UNAIDS data, estimated annual new infections rose from about 16,000 in 2010 to 48,000 in 2024, an increase of around 200%.
HIV epidemics in Pakistan
Pakistan is among the countries with the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Pakistan is also among the countries with the largest hepatitis burden, with about nine million people estimated to be living with hepatitis C and 3.86 million with hepatitis B.
According to the officials, there were estimated 32.4 million people living with mental health conditions in 2023, up from 30 million in 2019. The country has just 1,050 registered psychiatrists nationwide as of January 2026, or about one for every 245,400 people.
