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Job Vacancy: Programme Officer- Capacity Building and HIV

IPPF’s Regional Office for East, Southeast Asia and Oceania Region is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and qualified individual to assist Programme Managers to provide technical assistance and capacity building activities to support our twenty-six member associations in the region to implement evidence-informed integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention projects.
DEADLINE: 10TH OCTOBER […]

Profiting from Health Testing of Migrants

CARAM Asia would like to respond to articles published in (The New Sunday Times on 25 May) on the issue of domestic workers entering the country with diseases who have purportedly passed the health testing carried out by health testing providers.
The failure of health testing system
These articles reinforced CARAM Asia’s findings […]

CARAM Asia’s Open Letter to Governments in Asia: Fight HIV

Dear Prime Minister/President/Minister of Health:
Migrant workers’ vulnerability to sexual violence, lack of access to affordable health care services and HIV prevention programmes are causes of HIV infections that can be mitigated. Therefore, CARAM Asia urged you to address these vulnerabilities through HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes targeting migrant communities.
In conjunction with the Global AIDS […]

CIJ Statement: NGO members and volunteers give out 11,000 leaflets in KL

MEDIA STATEMENT
NGO members and volunteers give out 11,000 leaflets in KL
28 September 2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Fri: Twenty members and volunteers of civil society groups today distributed 11,000 leaflets on various social justice issues within two hours here today.
The joint leafleting activity involving several NGOs was held in conjunction with the International Right to Know Day that […]

RAKYAT SAKIT! KAMI PIKET! HENTIKAN SKIM FULL PAYING PATIENTS

12 September 2007 - Hospital Selayang, Selangor - Ada orang kenamaan yang jatuh sakit ke? Inilah persolan yang timbul di kalangan orang ramai yang berada di Hopital Selayang pada hari ini.
Bukan orang terkenal tetapi seluruh rakyat sakit! Ini kata Dr.Jeyakumar Devaraj, Setiausaha Gabungan Membantah Penswastaan Perkhidmatan Kesihatan (GMPPK) kepada lebih 200 orang […]

HOUSING FOR THE POOR - MERDEKA 50:44
Central Market Annexe, KL

50 years of MERDEKA, but what has happened to the urban poor in Malaysia? Come and participate in events and listen to stories by members of the urban poor communities in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. This is organised by PERMAS or the “Community Residents’ Association”, a membership-based organization working especially with the urban poor in […]

SAVE OUR PUBLIC HOSPITALS ! : NATIONWIDE LEAFLEATING IN 30 GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

Since 1 August 2007, 2 Government Hospitals - Hospital Selayang and Hospital Putrajaya have become the first victims of privatization when the BN Government allowed the Government Doctors to treat private patience and to charge them private rates. This is known as the “full-paying patient’ scheme. It is also the first step to encourage […]

SISTEM KESIHATAN KITA SAKIT TENAT: Selamatkannya Dengan Segera!

Pada 10 Ogos 2007, lebih kurang 100 orang dari kumpulan masyarakat yang terdiri daripada Kumpulan-kumpulan NGO dan parti-parti politik telah berkumpul di Pejabat Perdana Menteri untuk membantah tindakan kerajaan yang sedang menswastakan perkhidmatan kesihatan.Gabungan Membantah Penswastaan Perkhidmatan Kesihatan ini telah menyerahkan resolusi yang menyeru Perdana Menteri untuk menghentikan segala penswastaan perkhidmatan kesihatan.Menurut Setiausaha […]

Memorandum: Batalkan Skim Rawatan Swasta di Hospital Kerajaan

The Health Coalition will be handing in a memorandum to the Prime
Minister’s office. The details are as follows:

Date : 10 August 2007 (Friday)
Time : 10.00 - 11.00 a.m.
Venue : Prime Minister’s Office, Putrajaya
See you there!
Batalkan Skim Rawatan Swasta Di Hospital Kerajaan
Kenyataan akhbar oleh Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek (STAR 28/7/07, […]

TWN FTA Info: Malaysia’s GMO Labelling Stance and US Pressure

Dear Friends and colleagues,
Re: Malaysia’s Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Labelling Stance and US Pressure
The Malaysian government recently has announced that the labeling of GM products will remain mandatory under the new Biosafety Bill, which is expected to be passed in parliament soon.
This comes in the midst of pressure by certain parties, especially in the negotiations […]




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