By Tharanya Arumugam KUALA LUMPUR: Babies will be vaccinated for measles as early as 9 months effective from April following a sharp rise in the number of measles cases in the country. Health deputy director-general (Public Health) Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said the Health Ministry would bring forward the first dose of measles–mumps– rubella…
KUALA LUMPUR: The move by the Health Ministry to change its measles vaccination schedule is welcomed by medical experts. Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Ashok Zachariah Philip said immunising infants with measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 9 months, followed by a second dose at 12 months, would ensure a wider coverage of immunity.…
26 December 2015 December 23, 2015 Philippines became the first Asian country to approve the sale of the world’s first ever dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in the country. The Dengvaxia vaccine has been manufactured by French pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur. It has been designed to protect people in the 9-45 age groups from all four subtypes…
5 November 2015 Many websites that promote unscientific views about vaccinations use pseudoscience and misinformation to spread the idea that vaccines are dangerous, according to a new study. For example, of the nearly 500 anti-vaccination websites examined in the study, nearly two-thirds claimed that vaccines cause autism, the researchers found. However, multiple studies have shown…
Dear colleagues, The late Dato’ Dr Sam Abraham & Datuk Dr Paramesvaran were two very senior colleagues who kept in close touch with me and I trust with some of you at a very personal level. Sam phoned me virtually every week whilst Param regularly e-mailed me. In the last few e-mail exchanges, we co-authored…
Dato’ Dr Para, a past president of MPA, passed away peacefully Monday (18 Aug) 8 am in Sydney at the age of 78. Dato’ had not been well but was able to continue with his daily living activities and to indulge in some of the pleasures of life. However his chronic illness was complicated by…
Bersama-sama ini disertakan surat edaran berkaitan Pemberhentian Pemberian Vaksin Oral Polio (OPV) di Malaysia, untuk tindakan selanjutnya. Please download the documents below… Click Here to Download Click Here to Download
We, Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) & APPA at APCP2012 hope to build one of these homes as part of our giving to society on the occasion of our international conference in Sarawak – add on value to the academic exchanges where 1000+ will attend from the Asia Pacific countries. Cost: About RM 26K ie USD…
By Dr Lee Wei Ling, Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter. I have always felt keenly the suffering of animals. Since I was a child, I had wanted to be a vet. My parents persuaded me to abandon that idea by using the example of a vet whose university education was funded by the Public Service Commission.…
N. Paramaesvaran, Past President MPA My good friend Dr.Gopalkrisnan, a retired Anaesthetist who lives in Perth, once met His Holiness Sai Baba in India and asked His Holiness his views on retirement. Sai Baba looked him straight in the face, and with a cheeky smile said “The word my good friend is ‘re-tyre’. You then …