Transcript HIV/ AIDS in Women

Ng Mei Yee
HIV AND AIDS
HIV – Human Immunodeficieny Virus
 AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
 Mode of transmission:
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 Intravenous
Drug Use [IDU] – needle sharing with
HIV-infected person[s]
 Unprotected sexual intercourse with HIV infected
person[s]
 HIV–infected mother-to-child
 Transfusion of HIV-infected blood
FEMINISATION OF HIV EPIDEMIC
FEMINISATION OF HIV EPIDEMIC
FEMINISATION OF HIV EPIDEMIC
FEMINISATION OF HIV EPIDEMIC
HOW IS IT SPREADING TO MALAYSIAN WOMEN?
HOW IS IT SPREADING TO MALAYSIAN WOMEN?
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Difference in predominant mode of
transmission between West and East Malaysia

Overlap of 2 main risk behavior: selling sex to
procure money for drugs
FROM IDU TO HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION
HOW ARE MALAYSIAN WOMEN AFFECTED?
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Drug users
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Housewives and heads of households
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Pregnant mothers

Sex workers
HOW ARE MALAYSIAN WOMEN AFFECTED?
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HIV-positive women
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Young people
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Migrant workers
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Refugees
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Victims of human trafficking
CHALLENGES
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Stigma
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Discrimination
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Silence
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Denial
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Gender inequity
REFERENCES
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Women and girls confronting HIV and AIDS in Malaysia , 2008
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UNGASS Country Progress Report: Malaysia, 2008
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Report launched on 4th December 2008
http://www.unicef.org/malaysia/Women_and_AIDSReport2008.pdf
Reporting period is from January 2006 till December 2007
Submitted on January 2008
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/malaysia_2008_country_pro
gress_report_en.pdf
New HIV Cases in Malaysia Decreasing, Percentage of Women Living
With Virus Increasing, Health Ministry Official Says
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October 24, 2007
http://www.thebody.com/content/art43637.html
REFERENCES
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The feminisation of HIV
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December 28, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/health/story.asp?file=/2008/12/28/health/287
1757&sec=health
More housewives get HIV than sex workers in Malaysia: report
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December 05, 2008
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionNa
me=&id=ba06cb14-0f98-4617-bd6abbddfef09841&&Headline='More+housewives+get+HIV+than+sex+wor
kers+in+Malaysia‘