Immunodeficiency

19 Jul 2012

The amount China spent on fighting HIV/Aids quadrupled to US$530 million last year from US$124 million in 2007, making the nation an important player in the global campaign against the disease, a...

Group urges more HIV tests for men

16 Jul 2012

A health support group says men should have more HIV check-ups after a survey showed four out of five males have never tested for the virus.

Everyone benefits when we speak up against stigma

26 Apr 2012

The recent suicide of a young doctor who was allegedly living with HIV is a tragic reminder, once again, of the destructiveness of stigma and discrimination.

Aids test law a step in wrong direction

14 Apr 2012

Hong Kong health authorities do not compel people to identify themselves when voluntarily arranging an HIV test, an approach widely endorsed by HIV/Aids experts as crucial to tackling the epidemic...

140 patients of H.I.V. doctor to be given tests

27 Mar 2012

Viral tests and counselling services will be provided to 140 patients who had surgery performed by a doctor found to be HIV-positive after his death - the first move of its kind in Hong Kong.

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Jake Van Der Kamp

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Hospital staff 'must declare HIV status'

The apparent suicide of an HIV-positive public hospital doctor has raised questions over the risk of medical workers and patients contracting the virus - and led to calls for compulsory HIV...

Hospital staff 'must declare HIV status'

The apparent suicide of an HIV-positive public hospital doctor has raised questions over the risk of medical workers and patients contracting the virus - and led to calls for compulsory HIV...

Lessons from an earlier battle

Viral hepatitis B and C affect as many as 500 million people globally. Of those, about 340 million are from the Asia-Pacific region - 10 times the number of people living with HIV worldwide....

Aids patients protest near ministry

More than a dozen Aids patients and their families petitioned near the Ministry of Finance compound in Beijing yesterday, ahead of today's World Aids Day, calling for the long-overdue...

Desperate HIV carriers go to war with hospitals

Meng Lin, an HIV carrier, made a difficult decision recently, for which he was overwhelmingly criticised online by medical professionals: he advised an HIV-positive friend who checked into...

Number of new HIV cases hits two-year high

The number of new HIV cases in Hong Kong hit a two-year high in the July-September quarter, with homosexual and bisexual activity significant factors in the infections, the Department of Health...