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"UM Professor Receives
"Life Ball Crystal Of Hope" Award"
Bernama (www.bernama.com.my)
(17/06/05)
Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, who heads Universiti Malaya's infectious
diseases unit, became the first individual to receive the Swarovski Award's
"Life Ball Crystal of Hope" for her untiring efforts in the fight against
AIDS. The university in a statement today said Dr Adeeba, from the
department of medicine, received the award from Hollywood actress and singer
Liza Minnelli at one of Europe's largest AIDS charity events in Vienna,
Austria recently. She was honoured by Life Ball, an independent non-profit
organisation, whose objective is to raise funds in support of different
organisations involved in helping and working with HIV positive patients and
people living with AIDS.
During the event, Dr Adeeba also received an endowment of 100,000 Euro
(about RM450,000) from Life Ball on behalf of TREAT Asia Project
(Therapeutics Research, Education and AIDS Training in Asia), of which she
is one of its steering committee members. TREAT Asia is a network of
clinics, hospitals and research institutions working to ensure the safe and
effective delivery of HIV/AIDS treatment throughout Asia and the Pacific
region.
The donation, the
varsity said, would be used to improve the education and training of
healthcare workers and the community in the region regarding antiretroviral
therapy through a standardised curriculum.
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