https://www.scmp.com/rss/510970/feed Stories that show how biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences works with governments, communities and healthcare professionals in Asia to eliminate chronic diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Covid-19. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com [Sponsored article] The global battle to eradicate Covid-19 is still ongoing. At the height of the pandemic, accounts of health care workers struggling to cope with rising case numbers – leaving them physically and mentally exhausted – made multiple news headlines every day. Many countries came to the painful realisation that their health care systems were not prepared to deal with a large-scale health crisis requiring the urgent mobilisation of resources and affecting the whole population,... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3158299/hard-lessons-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3158299/hard-lessons-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Dec 2021 03:24:28 +0000 When Yoyo Wu was officially diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2012, at the age of 28, after being admitted to hospital with a severe infection, his first response was one of relief. “I’m just thankful it wasn’t cancer,” Wu, now 37, says. His reaction is apt because in the 35 years since HIV was first identified, significant advances have been made in the prevention and treatment of the virus. Today, people living with HIV are able to live long and productive lives. “Back... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3157892/hiv-social-stigma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3157892/hiv-social-stigma?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:39:10 +0000 [Sponsored article] Known as a silent killer, hepatitis C (HCV) – a blood-borne disease discovered in 1989 – affects an estimated 58 million people around the world and claimed about 290,000 lives in 2019. It is believed that 10 million people in Southeast Asia are chronically infected. Although new antiviral medicines can cure nearly 98 per cent of cases, most people infected by the virus can be asymptomatic and unaware of their condition for decades, making diagnosis difficult and halting the... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3155842/taiwan-hepatitis-C?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3155842/taiwan-hepatitis-C?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:00:19 +0000 Retired South Korean salesman Min Kyeung-yun’s world turned upside down when he accompanied his wife to her health check-up – only to discover he had long been suffering from the chronic liver infection, hepatitis B, which had led to him developing liver cancer. Min would discover that he and four of his siblings had been infected with hepatitis B at birth. “My mother had hepatitis B, but she didn’t know she had it,” he says. “So, out of the six siblings in my family, only my sister wasn’t... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health/topics/gilead-sciences/article/3152826/how-can-asia-eradicate-hepatitis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health/topics/gilead-sciences/article/3152826/how-can-asia-eradicate-hepatitis?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:05:07 +0000