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Implementing Group and Community Work in Alleviating HIV/AIDS Issues in a Fishing Village in Kuala Muda, Penang, Malaysia

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  • Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh
  • Azlinda Azman
  • Kumarashwaran Vadevelu
  • Radin Firdaus Radin Badaruddin
  • Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan
  • Mohd Haizzan Yahaya
  • Abdul Rais Abdul Latiff

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HIV/AIDS poses a potential serious threat to national development. This article highlights HIV/AIDS issues encountered by people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their family members in a fishing village. Previous decades of years proved that drugs used threatened the community in several malicious ways and recently, the situation becomes deteriorated with the emergence of HIV/AIDS. Not only the fishermen are infected with HIV virus through shared injecting apparatus, but it also spread to their spouses and casual sexual partners. In order to understand better on the issues faced by PLHIV and their family members, a case illustration is provided. Issues faced by PLHIV and their family members are disclosed in details with the hope to raise awareness of clinicians and professionals so they can provide a comprehensive support and medical care to the PLHIV and their families. The AIDS Action & Research Group (AARG), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has taken up such responsibility through group and community work approach such as prevention, treatment, care and support and creating an enabling environment to the target groups.

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  • Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh & Azlinda Azman & Kumarashwaran Vadevelu & Radin Firdaus Radin Badaruddin & Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan & Mohd Haizzan Yahaya & Abdul Rais Abdul Latiff, 2017. "Implementing Group and Community Work in Alleviating HIV/AIDS Issues in a Fishing Village in Kuala Muda, Penang, Malaysia," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(8), pages 361-370, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:hur:ijarbs:v:7:y:2017:i:8:p:361-370
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