The most effective weapon you have against HIV is knowledge — understanding how the virus progresses and operates, learning how to monitor your health and staying informed of your treatment options – this is an important step in taking charge of your own health. Equally as important is emotional support — from friends, family or [...]
I fully support Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s criticism of smokers (New Straits Times March 28, 2009). We all know that smoking is a health hazard, so I hope smokers will heed Nik Aziz’s advice and seriously consider giving up this dangerous habit. (New Straits Times March 28, 2009). KOTA BARU: [...]
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Kuala Lumpur, 18th December 2008: The announcement today by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to extend nationwide pre-marital HIV testing for all Muslims in Malaysia is alarming. Scaling up HIV counselling and testing services is a critical step for scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support. Knowing your HIV status is [...]
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Malaysia may have 300,000 people affected by HIV by 2015, said Datuk Dr. Hassan Abdul Rahman, the Director of the Disease Control Divison of the Health Ministry. To combat this epidemic, the Government has committed RM500mil to implement the National Strategic Plan on AIDS and the Harm Reduction programme between 2006 and 2010, he said [...]
With an average of 12 Malaysians testing positive for HIV each day, Malaysia has one of the fastest growing AIDS epidemics in the East Asia and Pasific region. What is more worrying is that the trend is gaining a feminine face, mainly through heterosexsual transmission. A new report released bt the Health Ministry and United [...]
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“Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise” December 1 is World AIDS Day! Sorry to inform that the AIDS pandemic has not gone away including here in Malaysia. We need to do more prevention and we need to do it soon. Meantime we need to care more about people living with HIV in our country as well [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: For Mohsin (not his real name), contracting AIDS was literally a death sentence. He had everything going for him: rich, handsome and with a lovely family, he had the world at his feet. But one fateful fortnight in Bangkok a few years ago changed all that. On a trip with a group of [...]
Respon Majlis AIDS Malaysia berkaitan Kenyataan Akhbar oleh JAKIM (6 Oktober 2008) Menurut kenyataan akhbar oleh Ketua Pengarah JAKIM pada 6 Oktober 2008 mengenai ujian saringan HIV yang diwajibkan mulai tahun 2009 sebagai syarat sebelum pasangan Islam dibenarkan untuk berkahwin. Dengan ini, Majlis AIDS Malaysia menegaskan pendirian bahawa saringan HIV harus dilaksana secara sukarela. Majlis [...]
IN response to the letter “Say no to premarital HIV test” (The Star, Oct 8), I would like to strongly disagree with the writer by saying that it is not a blatant disregard for human rights by making mandatory premarital HIV test. A violation of human rights in this case would be if these results [...]