Extreme weight loss and malnutrition are prevalent in patients with HIV and can accelerate disease progression and increase morbidity and mortality. Good nutrition helps to boost immune system, reduce the risk of chronic diseases and lead to a better quality of life.

Kidneys are bean-shaped organs that have an important role in the body by filtering unwanted substances from the blood. These organs also aid in regulating body’s electrolyte balance, blood pressure and red blood cell production. However, overworking your kidneys might lead to kidney failure, which is the last stage of chronic kidney disease. Malaysia is the top seventh country with the highest dialysis treatment rates, striking 9 out of every 100 Malaysians. When your kidneys fail, it indicates that they have stopped working well enough for you to survive without dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. It’s commonly caused by a viral infection. However, there are other possible factors of hepatitis such as a secondary result of drugs, medications, toxins, and alcohol and autoimmune hepatitis. If not taken care properly, hepatitis may progress to liver fibrosis, which is the final stage of all chronic liver disease.

Uncontrolled diabetes causes health implications. The longer and the less controlled your blood glucose level, over time, the higher the risk of complications. Complications are typically divided into microvascular (damage to small blood vessels) and macrovascular (damage to large blood vessels).

Around 100,000 are currently living with HIV in Malaysia and globally an estimated 34 million people have HIV (PLHIV). United Nations recently reported that Malaysia is one of the ten countries which together accounted for 95 percent of all new HIV infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Every day almost 10 Malaysians are diagnosed HIV positive. When left untreated, HIV may progress to the last stage of infection, known as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). To date, AIDS has taken away the lives of more than 13,000 Malaysians.