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By Hazlin Hassan, Malaysia Correspondent
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of women with HIV infections in Malaysia has soared. The rise has added urgency to calls for the government to make HIV screening compulsory for Muslims before they get married.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the move to make human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening mandatory after chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Aids yesterday.
'Next year, we will make it mandatory for all states to impose the HIV screening as part of the pre-marital course,' he told reporters.
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