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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• International News
Malaysia to Impose Mandatory Pre-Marital HIV/AIDS ScreeningDecember 19, 2008 Responding to reports of rising HIV infections among women, many of whom are believed to have been infected by their husbands, Malaysia's government has announced plans for mandatory pre-marriage HIV screening. "Next year, we will make it mandatory for all states to impose the HIV screening as part of the pre-marital course," Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Thursday. Five Malaysian states already require HIV testing before marriage. Back to other news for December 2008 Deutsche Presse-Agentur 12.18.2008 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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