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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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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Hospital staff 'must declare HIV status'

24 Mar 2012

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...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Researcher makes the case for HIV prevention

A Hong Kong researcher's study of a large-scale HIV prevention programme in India has been published in a leading medical journal.

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