As a senior consultant and associate professor of infectious diseases in the University of Malaya’s Faculty of Medicine, Dr Raja Iskandar Shah is sought-after for his professional expertise in the HIV field and leverages his position in influencing policy on various scales.
The passionate medical practitioner and Malaysian AIDS Council president is a strong advocate for HIV prevention and treatment. As of end of 2021, an estimated 81,942 people were living with HIV (PLHIV) in Malaysia, with 66 per cent receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) by December. ART effectively controls the virus, enabling patients to lead
