How a HIV patient altered Zaiton’s life

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How a HIV patient altered Zaiton’s life thesundaily HIV AIDS DrZaitonYahaya sandakan Sabah Malaysia

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From L: Malaysian Aids Foundation chairman Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Malaysian Aids Foundation patron Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Tun Siti Hasmah Award winner Dr Zaiton Yahaya, Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Berjaya Corporation Berhad founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan, and Monspace founder Datuk Seri Jessy Lai during the Malaysian AIDS Foundation-Berjaya Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Award Gala Dinner 2019 at Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur.

That image and the frustration of not being able to do more to help her patients reeling from HIV-related vulnerabilities, is what spurred her to start the Sabah AIDS Awareness Group Association , a non-profit organisation based in Sandakan. With her enigmatic and approachable personality, she has earned the trust of key populations in Sandakan – transgenders, sex workers and male-and-male sex partners. They find comfort in Zaiton as she would provide help like a true friend, without prejudice, stigma or discrimination.

Seeing that abject poverty was the stumbling block, she introduced Saga Health Access Programme , offering financial assistance to patients in rural areas.

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