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HIV outbreak sparks panic in southern Pakistan

Parents worry that their children's futures have been irreparably harmed after contracting HIV. AFP Photo. by Ashraf KHAN

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ATO DERO, Pakistan | AFP | Thursday 5/15/2019 Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have been allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe. Dispatched to keep order, police scan the anxious crowd as families hustle into one of five different screening rooms set up in the last month in the village of Wasayo, on the outskirts of Larkana in Sindh province. Health officials say more than 400 people, many of them children, have tested HIV positive in recent weeks as experts warn of a surge in infection rates across Pakistan, due to the use of unsanitary equipment and rampant malpractice -- often at the hands of quack doctors.

SAM gala highlights Social Behavior Change as cost effective way for reducing diseases As of March 2019, SAM has operated in 1500 villages and covered 3 million people in 1100 villages. by Shobana Muratee UGAR LAND – Save A Mother (SAM) Houston Chapter held its annual gala on Sunday, May 5th at the Sugar Land Marriot, City Walk to raise funds in aid of curbing India’s maternal mortality and infant mortality rate among the poor. The gala raised about $113,000 which will fund SAMs expanding programs.

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“Let us together put maternal health on India’s top agenda,” urged Chief Guest, Sharmila Tagore, a well-known Indian film actress and recipient of Padma Bhushan award. Getting straight to the matter, she said, “If we want to make the next generation, which is healthy and productive, it is vital to save a mother.” “We have delivered the promises we made,” said Dr. Shiban Ganju, who started SAM as an NGO 2008 with a mission to develop affordable healthcare solutions for the poor. Dr. Ganju highlight the impact of the ‘Effective Social Persuasion” (ESP) Program for social behavior Continued on Page 3

Save a Mother Houston Chapter. Directors: L-R: Therese Cole-Hubbs, Dr. Shiban Ganju (Founder), Girija Patel,Poonam Tulsiani,Shalini Bhargava,Veena Kaul (President) Nat Murthy, Hema Prasad, Preity Bhagia,Sakina Ali,and Puneet Freibott (Two members not in the photograph are Veena Mathur and TynaPariani). Photo credit: Bijay Dixit.

Tech giants vow to step up fight against online extremism

Anger and fear continue to swell in the desperately poor village hit hard by the epidemic, which authorities say could be linked to either gross negligence or malicious intent by a local pediatrician. "They are coming by the dozens," says a doctor at the makeshift clinic, beset by a lack of equipment and personnel to treat the surging number of patients. Mukhtar Pervez waits anxiously to have her daughter tested, worrying a recent fever may be linked to the outbreak. For others, their worst fears have already become a reality. Nisar Ahmed arrived at the clinic in a furious search for medicine after his one-year-old daughter tested positive three days earlier. "I curse [the doctor] who has caused all these children to be infected," he says angrily.

Sunil Bharti Mittal Founder and Chairman of India's Bharti Enterprises arrives ahead of a "Tech For Good" meetup at Hotel Marigny in Paris on May 15, 2019, held to discuss good conduct for technology giants. Bertrand GUAY / AFP New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (C-L) attend a launching ceremony for the 'Christchurch call,' an anti-violence initiative at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 15, 2019. (Charles Platiau/AFP) Report on Page 2

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rench President and New Zealand's premier will host other world leaders and leading tech chiefs to launch an ambitious new initiative known as the "Christchurch call" aimed at curbing extremism online. The political meeting will run in parallel to an initiative launched by the French President called "Tech for Good" which will bring together 80 tech chiefs in Paris to find a way for new technologies to work for the common good.

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