130 people, mostly children, test positive for HIV at Karachi public hospital
More than 10,500 people have been screened around KBV Hospital, while investigators are tracing the outbreak back to October 2025.
At least 130 people, most of them children, have tested positive for HIV in an outbreak linked to Kulsum Bai Valika Hospital, a government hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. According to Sindh provincial officials, the increase in cases has unfolded over the past few weeks. Sindh Labor Minister Saeed Ghani said more than 10,500 people have been screened inside and around KBV Hospital. Of those tests, 120 people were found positive at a facility run by the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution. Separate screening at another SESSI facility in Landhi, Karachi, found 10 additional cases. Public attention to the cluster emerged in November 2025 in SITE Town, but health officials trace the start of the outbreak to October 2025, when the first six cases were reported.