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Radio 4,14 Apr 2026,28 mins

Pakistan: hospitals putting children at risk of HIV

Crossing Continents

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Outbreaks of HIV have become regular occurrences in Pakistan. And too frequently it is the children who suffer. In the city of Taunsa, for example, children have tested positive for HIV while their parents have not. So what鈥檚 been going on? In Crossing Continents Ghazal Abbasi investigates what and who is to blame. With the help of a staff insider and undercover recording in the city鈥檚 main hospital, the 麻豆社 finds shocking lapses in medical protocol. Medicine vials and syringes are often re-used for different children. Cross-contamination seems inevitable. But the local authorities deny the hospital is at the centre of the problem. Reporter: Ghazal Abbasi Producer: John Murphy Studio Mix: Neil Churchill Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison 麻豆社 Eye editor: Dan Adamson Crossing Continents editor: Penny Murphy

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