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Prof Roy Chan Receives British Award
On 15 September 2009, Prof Roy Chan, Director, became the first Singaporean to be awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Gold Medal, conferred by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). This medal is given to individuals for their outstanding contribution towards public health and health promotion within the Commonwealth.
He was nominated by the Ministry of Health for his outstanding work in HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI), where his dedication over the past two decades has contributed to significant improvements in the prevention, care and control efforts.
Prof Chan played a key role in an innovative condom promotion intervention project for brothel-based sex workers in Singapore which led to a sustained increase in condom use from less than 50% in 1994 to more than 90% for the past 10 years. There is a corresponding significant decline in cervical gonorrhea incidence, and no cases of HIV have been reported among the brothel-based sex workers for the past five years. The success of this programme led to its adoption by Cambodia in 2001. It won the Wilf Howe Memorial Prize in 2008, given by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London, and was cited in the United Nations AIDS 2006 Report as an example of a comprehensive and successful HIV prevention intervention program.
In the voluntary arena, Prof Chan started the Action for Aids (AFA) in 1988, which is the only community-based AIDS non-government organization and charity in Singapore. It runs AIDS awareness and educational projects, provides support, welfare and assistance to persons with HIV infection, and advocates against discrimination of infected individuals. Under his leadership as AFA president, HIV infections among MSM in Singapore have been kept under control and are among the lowest anywhere.
Active in research since 1990, Prof Chan has been awarded 54 research grants and published over 70 peer-reviewed articles in local and international journals. As Director of NSC, he has been involved heavily in improving healthcare delivery, clinical quality, research and training. In view of his commitment to excellence in disease prevention and health promotion with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and NSC, both these institutions have gained international recognition in STI and HIV research.
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