After her husband passed away, Sakina moved from her house in interior Sindh to her sister’s home in Karachi. Her sister helped her to get work; cleaning a house owned by a caring and compassionate woman in Soldier Bazaar. Shortly after her employment, Sakina started experiencing joint pains, fever, and dizzy spells. Her employer arranged for lab tests, which diagnosed Sakina as suffering from Hepatitis C. Besides, Basharan, her son, was also diagnosed as infected from the same disease.

Sakina’s employer had heard about Behbud’s new Hepatitis C diagnostic and treatment clinic in Shirin Jinnah and drove both mother and son across town to have them treated. Sakina’s employer knew that patients at the Behbud treatment facility are treated free of cost, which includes all diagnostic tests, as well as treatment of the disease.

Routine questions, related to patient’s health history, revealed that Sakina had received a blood transfusion after her first miscarriage 20 years ago, which could have been a contributing factor of her contracting Hepatitis C.

The medical professionals at Behbud informed Sakina of the recent Hepatitis C treatment discoveries, which include the introduction of DAA’s (Direct Acting Anti-Hepatitis) oral medications for 3 to 6 months, depending on the condition of the liver. Not only is the new treatment option far better than costly injections, but it also provides a safe and user-friendly treatment for the patients.

The success rate for Hepatitis C recovery with oral treatments is 98%, and today, Sakina’s health is showing significant improvement as she enters month 5 of the 6-month treatment regimen.

On the other hand, Basharan, her son, only required treatment for 3 months. After completing the medical treatment with continual blood tests, Alhamdulillah, he is now cured of the disease. He is currently working as a wallpaper apprentice in Jamaa Cloth Market and would like to take Behbud’s electrician course one day.

Thanks to Behbud’s Hepatitis C diagnostic and treatment clinic, both mother and son can now resume a normal healthy life.

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus, infecting 71 million people worldwide (about one per cent of the world's population) and causes 400,000 deaths each year. If it wasn’t for the concern and empathy of her employer and Behbud’s quality medical care & treatment, Sakina and her son may have eventually been included in that statistic.

We urge you to please join us for World Hepatitis Day 2020 (July 28) and help us save more lives like Sakina and Basharan.

For as little as Rs.7000 you too can sponsor the treatment of a patient at Behbud’s Hepatitis C Clinic and Bano Zariya Kisi Ki Zindagi Badalnay Ka.

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Founded in 1970 by a few volunteer women, Behbud Association Karachi has always aimed to change lives by giving the underprivileged segments of our society a ray of hope and a fresh chance at a better life.
Behbud affects the lives of approximately 200,000 beneficiaries annually. It strives to uplift and empower residents of marginalized communities by providing quality and low cost education, health services and vocational training for income generation, thus we hope to build a stronger Pakistan.

Your Zakat to Behbud Association, Karachi, will help women and children get educated, skilled and healthy. It will help give them the tools to succeed and a promise for a better future.

Over the years we have added and Intermediate Girl’s College, 4 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 6 adult literacy program, Quran classes and a Learning Resource Center which offers teacher training courses to Behbud teachers as well as teachers from other NPO schools.

Behbud provides quality health care through 67 medical clinics a week. We have general OPDs, pediatrics, eye, skin, gynecology, diabetes, hypertension, TB, population welfare, child immunology and dental clinics. An X-ray department and pathology Lab are on the premises. So patients have a full array of services within walking distance.

Behbud has vocational training programs in computer education, sewing and embroidery, beautician and electrician courses, block printing and leather craft.

Our Helping Hands project provides funds to help people in distress. Stipends to widows, money for Jahaiz, school and college tuition fees for students and emergency medical help.

Behbud Association, Karachi is fully Sharia compliant. Mufti Mohammed Nadeem,
our Sharia advisor, oversees the handling of Zakat money to ensure its correct usage.