HIV Treatment Services
What is the ART ?
HIV treatment is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART isn’t a cure, but it can control the virus so that you can live a longer, healthier life and reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others. ART involves taking lifelong a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV regimen) every day, exactly as prescribed.
Objectives
- Program implementation in line with the National HIV Response
- Needs-specific treatment care (ART provision)
- Effective opportunistic infection(s) treatment
- Psycho-social support & counseling services for PLHIV
- Screening for co-infections
- Coordination with NGO’s
Services
- Pre ART services
- ART services
- Diagnostic services
- HIV confirmation
- Baseline investigations
- CD4 testing
- Viral Load testing
- Hospital admission
- 24/7 Emergency services
- Post-exposure prophylaxis after a potential exposure to HIV
Beneficiaries
The main beneficiaries for HIV treatment Centres are all those infected and affected by HIV.
Treatment Guideline
The latest HIV Treatment Guideline can be found here.
ART Centres in Pakistan
There are 95 Treatment Centers located in different parts of the country.
| Details of ART centers - March 2025 | |||||
| Sr# | No. | Province | City | ART Center | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Balochistan | Quetta | Bolan Medical Complex | Get Directions |
| 2 | 2 | Loralai | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 3 | 3 | Naseerabad | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 4 | 4 | Turbat | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 5 | 5 | Hub | Jam Ghulam Qadir Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 6 | 1 | Federal | Islamabad | Federal Government Polyclinic | Get Directions |
| 7 | 2 | Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences | Get Directions | ||
| 8 | 3 | Rawalpindi | Combined Military Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 9 | 1 | Azad Jamu & Kashmir | Muzafarabad | Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) | Get Directions |
| 10 | 1 | Gilgit Baltistan | Gilgit | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions |
| 11 | 1 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Abbottabad | Ayub Teaching hospital | Get Directions |
| 12 | 2 | Sawabi | Bacha Khan Medical Complex | Get Directions | |
| 13 | 3 | Bajaur | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 14 | 4 | Batkhela | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 15 | 5 | Kohat | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 16 | 6 | Mardan | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 17 | 7 | Miranshah | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 18 | 8 | Parachinar | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 19 | 9 | Peshawar | Hayatabad Medical Complex | Get Directions | |
| 20 | 10 | Lady Reading Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 21 | 11 | Bannu | Khalifa Gulnawaz Teaching Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 22 | 12 | DI Khan | Mufti Mehmood Memorial Teaching Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 23 | 13 | Sawat | Saidu Teaching Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 24 | 1 | Punjab | Sialkot | Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital | Get Directions |
| 25 | 2 | Faisalabad | Allied Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 26 | 3 | Gujrat | Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 27 | 4 | Bahawalpur | Bahawal Victoria Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 28 | 5 | Jalalpur Jattan | Basheeran Begum Welfare Trust | Get Directions | |
| 29 | 6 | Rawalpindi | Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 30 | 7 | Multan | Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 31 | 8 | DG Khan | DHQ Hospital (Adult) | Get Directions | |
| 32 | 9 | DHQ Hospital (Pediatric) | Get Directions | ||
| 33 | 10 | Attock | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 34 | 11 | Bahawalnagar | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 35 | 12 | Bhakkar | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 36 | 13 | Chakwal | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 37 | 14 | Chiniot | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 38 | 15 | Gujranwala | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 39 | 16 | Hafizabad | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 40 | 17 | Jhang | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 41 | 18 | Jhelum | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 42 | 19 | Kasur | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 43 | 20 | Khanewal | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 44 | 21 | Khushab | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 45 | 22 | Layyah | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 46 | 23 | Lodhran | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 47 | 24 | Mandi Bahauddin | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 48 | 25 | Mianwali | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 49 | 26 | Muzaffargarh | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 50 | 27 | Narowal | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 51 | 28 | Okara | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 52 | 29 | Pakpattan | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 53 | 30 | Rajanpur | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 54 | 31 | Sargodha | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 55 | 32 | Sheikhupura | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 56 | 33 | Toba Tek Singh | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 57 | 34 | Vehari | DHQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 58 | 35 | Sahiwal | DHQ Teaching Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 59 | 36 | Lahore | Fountain House Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 60 | 37 | Jinnah Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 61 | 38 | Mayo Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 62 | 39 | Services Hospital (Adult) | Get Directions | ||
| 63 | 40 | Services Hospital (Pediatric) | Get Directions | ||
| 64 | 41 | Shaukat Khanum Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 65 | 42 | Kunja | Shabir Shaheed (Pediatric) | Get Directions | |
| 66 | 43 | Rahim Yar Khan | Sheikh Zayed Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 67 | 44 | Kot Momin | THQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 68 | 45 | Shahkot | THQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 69 | 46 | Taunsa Sharif | THQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 70 | 1 | Sindh | Karachi | Abbasi Shaheed Hospital | Get Directions |
| 71 | 2 | Agha Khan Hospital (Adult) | Get Directions | ||
| 72 | 3 | Agha Khan Hospital (Peds) | Get Directions | ||
| 73 | 4 | Civil Hospital (Adult) | Get Directions | ||
| 74 | 5 | Civil Hospital (Pediatric) | Get Directions | ||
| 75 | 6 | Dr Ziauddin Hospital North Nazimabad | Get Directions | ||
| 76 | 7 | Indus Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 77 | 8 | Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre | Get Directions | ||
| 78 | 9 | Liaquat National Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 79 | 10 | Lyari General Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 80 | 11 | Sindh Infectious Disease Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 81 | 12 | Dow University Ojha Campus | Get Directions | ||
| 82 | 13 | 50 Beded Hospital Landhi Corridor 2A | Get Directions | ||
| 83 | 14 | Larkana | Chandka Medical College Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 84 | 15 | Sheikh Zayed Children Hospital | Get Directions | ||
| 85 | 16 | Badin | Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 86 | 17 | Mirpurkhas | Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 87 | 18 | Khairpur | Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 88 | 19 | Sanghar | Civil Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 89 | 20 | Sukkur | Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College and Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 90 | 21 | Hyderabad | Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences | Get Directions | |
| 91 | 22 | Nawabshah | People Medical College Hospital | Get Directions | |
| 92 | 23 | Sehwan | Syed Abdullah Shah Institute of Medical Sciences | Get Directions | |
| 93 | 24 | Dadu | Civil Hospital Dadu | Get Directions | |
| 94 | 25 | Jacobabad | Jacobabad Institute Of Medical Sciences | Get Directions | |
| 95 | 26 | Ratodero | THQ Hospital | Get Directions | |
Provincial breakup of number of ART Centers in Pakistan till March 2025.
ART Centers Statistics
Year-wise trend showing number of patients registered with ART center & on ARV’s:
Provincial/Region Breakup
Province/region-wise trend showing number of patients registered with ART center & on ARV’s:
ARV’s Available in Pakistan
ARV’s are provided to all patients free of cost from these Treatment Centers.
Following ARV’s are available in all ART centres of Pakistan:
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