by AfA | Apr 25, 2008 | Press Room, Archive
$1.8b in funding but teen pregnancy, STD rates unchanged WASHINGTON— Programmes teaching schoolchildren in the United States to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually-transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins. Health groups told...
by AfA | Apr 23, 2008 | Press Room, Archive
New onus on personal responsibility, power of containment for ministry TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg HIV took the top spot in the minds of MPs yesterday when Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan read the amended Infectious Diseases Bill, for the second time. Will an...
by AfA | Mar 10, 2008 | Press Room, Archive, Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
AFA marked our 20th anniversary of its founding in 2008. To celebrate this occasion, we organised a heartwarming volunteers appreciation and the honouring of several most long-serving and dedicated volunteers and staff members. 2008 was also significant for our rapid...
by AfA | Dec 18, 2007 | Press Room, Archive
THE admission form looks the same — with the addition of a clause that could be crucial in the fight against Aids: “I do not want to be screened for HIV”. From yesterday, all adult inpatients at Changi General Hospital (CGH) had to sign against that statement if they...
by AfA | Dec 13, 2007 | Press Room, Archive
ON MONDAY, Changi General Hospital (CGH) will become the first hospital here to offer opt-out HIV testing for inpatients 21 years and above. Patients can decline to be tested. They can indicate their preference in a general consent form for medical treatment, given to...
