Child car seats are specifically designed to provide children with the highest level of protection during motor vehicle journeys. The Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) wishes to address a recent and tragic incident in which a child was thrown out of a moving vehicle due to the absence of a child car seat. This unfortunate accident…
The optimal health and welfare of our children today will map the future wellbeing and prosperity of our nation. Stunted children. Picture by The Borgen Project. https://borgenproject.org/what-causes-stunting/. What is the case for change? Our children are our future generation. The optimal health and welfare of our children today will map the future wellbeing and prosperity…
The flattening of our child mortality rates in the 2000s is partly, yet significantly, contributed by the lack of NICU and PICU beds. Our intensive care norms are unfortunately stuck in a time warp, utilising the intensive care norms of the 20th century. A newborn baby getting treated for jaundice under ultraviolet light in an…
Children’s issues are chronic and worsening. Child health: paediatric budget’s proportion of the total health budget has been shrinking. Child protection: Very few trained social workers. Refugee, stateless and migrant children: child detention remains. Young children colouring during the Ministry of Health’s National Immunisation Day 2023 celebration in Putrajaya on May 31, 2023. Photo from…
By GRAIG NUNIS Parents who did not bring their children for the three-dose diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP3) jabs and other vaccinations during the various Movement Control Orders (MCOs), can still get the injections from their family doctors, says Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) president, Dr Selva Kumar Sivapunniam. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the…
Dear Members of Parliament Please Vote for Our Children’s Future Wellbeing The critical Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill is to be tabled in parliament this week. One of the most critical bills that will affect the health and social wellbeing of many generations of our children. It is vital that all Members of Parliament are…
Until and unless the authorities take a stern and uncompromising set of actions against anti-vaxxers, the general public will continue to be bombarded with fear-mongering, fake news, and misinformation. The Ministry of Health MOH) survey in December 2020 showed that 16 per cent of Malaysian adults have refused the Covid-19 vaccines, while 17 per cent…
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