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Beyond Two Decades of Rumah Solehah: The Time for Extended Scope of Programs  
  

Matron Fadzilah Bt Haji Abd Hamid, Fathiiah Bt Hamzah.  
  
  
Rumah Solehah has been handling residents in the halfway house since its inception in 1998 with 
various issues. Through education particularly on the mode of transmission, society has learned to 
accept People Living with HIV (PLHIV) to stay with them at home except for the very few. Thus, 
Rumah Solehah introduced other extended programs.   

1. Home-Based Program: The discharged infected ladies from Rumah Solehah are assisted 
to adjust themselves to their family’s environment. The families are guided in issues such as compliance 
to medication. The ladies will come to Rumah Solehah periodically for continuation of spiritual and 
vocational training. During those visits, they will receive cash for their fare and kinds. The families are 
often reassured and counselled. 2. Tele-Counselling: PLHIV and families often call Rumah Solehah for 
counselling. Issues discussed vary, the recent ones becoming more chronic, calling late at night. 3. 
Community Education: Every month public or private universities will send their students for HIV 
awareness program on topics such on HIV 101. Masters and Post Basic Ministry of Health (MOH) 
students will be given the chance to practise their HIV counselling to our infected cases. Rumah Solehah 
also accepts invitations for public talks in other states. 4. Studies and Research: Several studies have 
been performed by university students in collaboration with UM and IIUM on issues related to women 
and children infected with HIV.  The current research with IIUM is for the Ministry of Health to develop 
programs or assistance for orphans infected with HIV.  

The extended programmes are very timely and cost effective. To have residents for long   
period of time is expensive. Infected women and children have a better and happier life staying with 
their extended or adopted family with continuous follow up care, thus ensuring quality time for the 
cases of Rumah Solehah.  
  
Keywords: HIV, home-based, compliance, awareness, HIV-related-studies  
  

1. Rumah Solehah, Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur  
  
 

 

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Correspondence to: Matron Fadzilah Bt Haji Abd Hamid, Rumah Solehah ExCo Member, Rumah 
Solehah, Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur.  rumahsolehah@gmail.com 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v7i70.522