Access to a variety of PrEP methods allows women to choose what best suits them, depending on their context and where they are in their reproductive lifespan.
Our approach to the HIV/ AIDS crisis should prioritise public health outcomes rather than causing the persecution and further marginalisation of communities already on the fringes of society.
In new cases of sexually transmitted illnesses reported in Malaysia in 2022, adolescents aged under 21 years comprised the following: gonorrhoea (22.4%) , HIV (7%) , syphilis (6.7%) , and Hepatitis C (1.4%) .
Malaysia aims to achieve the 95-95-95 targets to end AIDS, but stigma makes it difficult. “I think this is the way to go for those who suffer from heavy internal stigmatisation. Do it as digitally as possible or virtually as possible.” – @ProfAdeeba
Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman clarifies his remarks in Parliament, tweeting today that the PrEP pilot programme will continue and even be expanded. He reiterates that groups at risk cannot be prevented from receiving the HIV prevention drug.
Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman tells Parliament that MOH will review its pilot programme on HIV prevention drug PrEP – "whether it should be continued" or to have "a way forward" to prevent HIV infection related to the "lifestyle" of gay men.