Parents are naturally fearful and anxious for their children with the reopening of daycare centres, preschools and schools amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Medical experts, however, believe that children could attend preschools and schools safely by adhering to safety measures and standard operating procedures (SOPs). They say studies show that children are less susceptible to…
The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) will be organizing the 6th International Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients (IFPPP) in November 2020: http://health-art.net We cordially invite all children and adolescents (<18 years old), who were admitted in a hospital during their life, to submit their paintings to this festival. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,…
Source: Code Blue, 8 June 2020
Doctors should reassure parents and carers of children who are immunocompromised that immunosuppression does not seem to increase the risk of severe covid-19, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises in a rapid guideline.1 “Covid-19 usually causes a mild, self-limiting illness in children and young people, even in those who are immunocompromised,”…
The science (or lack of) of juggling with the issue of re-opening schools has been daunting and much polarized. Is it safe? And if we choose to re-open our schools, what precautions should be in place to protect them whilst in schools? Iceland is probably the only country that has done lots of testing and…
On behalf of the Organising Committee of APPES 2020, we hope that you are keeping well during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to the current movement control orders/lockdowns and anticipated social distancing measures that will be in place in the foreseeable future around the world, the Organising Committee for APPES 2020 regrets to inform…
We are now into Day 7 of our movement control order (MCO) to prevent spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Malaysia. If we want to get it right and make the best use of the MCO we need to listen to good international experts and nations that are able to control the epidemic. There are…
A doctor uses his medical insight to get teachers to see teenagers in a different light, writes Aznim Ruhana Md Yusup. MOST people equate paediatricians with treating children but the age range for paediatric care is actually up to 18. But treating a 15-year-old patient requires a different approach compared to a 5-year-old. Dr Thiyagar…
A healthy lifestyle should be nurtured from young to mitigate risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), former Malaysian Paediatric Association president Dr Thiyagar Nadarajaw said. He said NCDs were often associated with one’s lifestyle when they were young. NCDs are diseases that are not transmissible from one person to another, such as Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune diseases,…
