Centre makes strides in helping HIV/AIDS patients

KUCHING: A programme to assist HIV/AIDS patients here has come a long away since its inception five years ago. A total of 173 patients are now registered under the “Teratak Kasih Tok Nan” programme, said its patron Datuk Amar Jamillah Anum here today. The programme conceived under the auspices of the late Chief Minister Datuk […]

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 […]

HIV prevention trials network awarded US fund

DURHAM: Drs Myron S Cohen and Wafaa M. El-Sadr, principal investigators of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), in collaboration with FHI 360, have received a seven-year award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health as part of the next funding cycle (2020-2027) for the Network. The core and protocol-specific funding will enable the HPTN […]