by AfA | Dec 8, 2011 | Press Room, Archive
Action for AIDS Singapore has launched a mobile testing service that will conduct HIV tests and counselling without the need for the person concerned to provide their personal particulars. This is the first such service in Singapore and in South-east Asia. Action for...
by AfA | Dec 8, 2011 | Press Room, Archive
It is now easier to get anonymous HIV test, with the roll-out of a mobile service by advocacy group Action for AIDS (AfA). Launched yesterday, the initiative, the first of its kind in the region, uses a van equipped to conduct HIV and syphilis test. Names,...
by AfA | Dec 2, 2011 | Press Room, Archive
Fearing rejection from loved ones and society if they are found to have contracted HIV, too few are coming forward for voluntary HIV testing. “Patients who are diagnosed early due to voluntary screening and testing have a significantly increased chance of enjoying a...
by AfA | Jun 29, 2011 | Press Room, Archive
This issue of the act covers highlights from the 7th Singapore AIDS Conference held on 4th December 2010. The conference was graced by Minister of Health Mr Khaw Boon Wan and delivered a review of programmes that government had implemented and his analysis of the...
by AfA | Jun 29, 2011 | Press Room, Archive
A landmark year in the advancement of medical research in the prevention of of HIV transmission. The 3 landmark trials on the use of anti-retroviral medications were released in July at the IAS Conference in Rome (Page 25). In this issue of the act, we present some of...
