Prof Adeeba becomes first Malaysian commissioner for Global Commission on Drug Policy


PETALING JAYA: Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman became the first Malaysian to be appointed as the latest commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

Prof Adeeba who is also Universiti Malaya (UM) Centre of Excellence for Research on AIDS (CERiA) director and Malaysian AIDS Foundation (MAF) chairman, had also served as the first Asian president at the International AIDS Society and was the co-chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) strategic and technical advisory committee on HIV.

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