KUALA LUMPUR: Health Ministry is going to form a special committee to strategise against the increase of HIV transmission which is currently on the rise.
Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health), Datuk Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said the rise was drastic compared to the last five years.
"Committee members will try to find strategies and solutions for the drastic rise in HIV cases through sexual transmission," he said after the launch of the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAM) 12th Biennial General Meeting here today.
The committee will adhere to the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidelines especially on Treatment as Prevention.
Eventhough the Health Ministry's aggressive campaign against HIV/AIDS since 2002 has been described as a success, with the country seeing a decline from 6,978 cases in 2002 to 3,393 cases in 2013, it still plans on having new preventive measures like visiting several schools in Malaysia to give talks on HIV and AIDS.
Lokman also urged Malaysians to go for HIV screenings.
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