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1 December 2022

HIV Groups Slam Discriminatory LGBTQ Portrayal At MOH’s World AIDS Day Event

Prof Izhar Ariff Mohd Kashim from UKM’s Faculty of Religious Studies, who spoke at MOH’s World AIDS Day celebration in Negeri Sembilan, allegedly told transgender people to “bertaubat” and falsely claimed that being LGBT is a root cause of HIV infection.

12 September 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia May Get Long-Acting Preventive HIV Drug In 2027

Listed among second-tier countries in a ViiV Healthcare-MPP deal, Malaysia will have access to generics of long-acting injectable preventive HIV medication, cabotegravir, in 2027 at the earliest.

24 August 2022

Malaysia

Adeeba: Eliminating HIV Low-Hanging Fruit For White Paper

Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says she would invest in online self-testing for HIV and improve linkages to treatment and PrEP to end AIDS in Malaysia by 2030.

9 August 2022

World

How Ukraine Prevented HIV, TB Outbreaks Despite War

Civil society in Ukraine rode bicycles to deliver HIV and tuberculosis medications during a fuel shortage during the Russia-Ukraine conflict; if there were no bicycles, they walked.

2 August 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia Lacks HIV Stories, While Successful Countries Struggle With Apathy

CodeBlue editor-in-chief Boo Su-Lyn tells the AIDS 2022 conference that stigma and discrimination in Malaysia – which is seeing rising HIV infections – must be tackled so that people living with HIV can share their stories for better advocacy.

28 July 2022

World

Fourth ‘Cured’ Patient, Botswana’s 95-95-95 Win Offers New Hope In HIV Fight

Studies highlighted at the AIDS 2022 conference provide insights into new and existing strategies to help end the HIV pandemic.

28 July 2022

Malaysia

People With HIV Now Face Chronic Disease In Living Longer

Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman notes that diabetes kills more people than HIV in South Africa and that the burden from NCDs, like hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, is increasing globally.

28 July 2022

Malaysia

Progress Against AIDS Falters Dangerously, HIV Hitting Vulnerable Groups Hard

UNAIDS' 2022 report found an "alarming" increase in HIV infections among key populations in Malaysia (gay men and other men who have sex with men; sex workers; transgenders; people who inject drugs; prisoners).

7 July 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia Registers HIV Combination Treatment

The NPRA approved TELDY tablets, the first dolutegravir-based combination treatment registered in Malaysia for HIV, based on a voluntary licensing agreement between MPP and ViiV Healthcare.

18 March 2022

Malaysia

Adeeba: Decriminalise Personal Drug Use To Curb HIV

Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says people who use drugs are disproportionately affected by HIV and viral hepatitis because of criminalisation, stigmatisation, and underfunding.

Tag: HIV

HIV Groups Slam Discriminatory LGBTQ Portrayal At MOH’s World AIDS Day Event

Malaysia May Get Long-Acting Preventive HIV Drug In 2027

Adeeba: Eliminating HIV Low-Hanging Fruit For White Paper

How Ukraine Prevented HIV, TB Outbreaks Despite War

Malaysia Lacks HIV Stories, While Successful Countries Struggle With Apathy

Fourth ‘Cured’ Patient, Botswana’s 95-95-95 Win Offers New Hope In HIV Fight

People With HIV Now Face Chronic Disease In Living Longer

Progress Against AIDS Falters Dangerously, HIV Hitting Vulnerable Groups Hard

Malaysia Registers HIV Combination Treatment

Adeeba: Decriminalise Personal Drug Use To Curb HIV

MOH To Make HIV Prevention Drug Available For Free

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