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14 children contract HIV, hepatitis after blood transfusions

MOSCOW: Fourteen children became infected with HIV and Hepatitis B and C after blood transfusions at a government hospital in the Indian city of Kanpur, Sputnik quoted the Hindustan Times newspaper report on Monday. The transfusion was necessary for the children due to their Thalassemia blood disorder, the report said. The newspaper added that the […]

Higher Education Ministry urged to address HIV cases among same-sex tertiary students

KUCHING: The Ministry of Higher Education has been urged to look into addressing the prevalence of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases among tertiary students in Malaysia arising from same sex relationships. Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) Women Chief Dr Daroyah Alwi said the ministry should set up a taskforce to study this supposed trend in greater […]

The never-ending battle against HIV

Negative and discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV are one of the biggest challenges by people suffering from HIV. Public perception has changed little, and these has become a serious threat to the battle against the virus. Rejected, alienated, scorned Let us not forget — that amidst Covid-19, we are still at war with […]

Sarawak records 334 HIV cases this year

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 334 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases as of October this year. State health department director Dr Chin Zin Hing said from the total figure, 198 were new cases. From this total, 87 percent were male and 13 percent, female. “The number of deaths in the same period is 51,” he told New […]