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Pakar kesal kerajaan dilihat kurang prihatin terhadap isu kanak-kanak

NewsBy MPA Administrator September 19, 2022

Pelbagai pihak berkepentingan menyambut baik cadangan pakar kesihatan agar kerajaan menubuhkan kementerian khusus untuk kanak-kanak. Bekas pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) James Nayagam berkata terdapat pelbagai isu mengenai kanak-kanak, termasuk buli siber, buli di sekolah, kehamilan dan pengguguran dalam kalangan remaja, gengsterisme dan kesihatan mental. “Sekurang-kurangnya 3,000 kanak-kanak terjejas dengan isu-isu seperti ini…

Divisional Medical Officer, Seventh Division Kapit, Sarawak, 1982-84

NewsBy MPA Administrator September 19, 2022

Dr Tan Poh Tin writes about her experience as a divisional medical officer in Kapit, Sarawak, in 1982. (left) Radio-call transmitter powered by manually pedalling as one speaks. Photo taken at a remote clinic without electrical supply in Kapit division. (right) A rural maternal and child clinic in Sarawak in 1980. Pictures courtesy of Dr…

Preventing the Seasonal Flu Iin the Post-Pandemic Age

NewsBy MPA Administrator September 11, 2022

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SriLankan Airlines Airlifts Malaysian Medical Donation To Sri Lanka For Free

NewsBy MPA Administrator August 27, 2022

SriLankan Cares, the corporate social responsibility arm of SriLankan Airlines, takes on the cause of airlifting essential medicines gifted by Malaysian donors to hospitals in Sri Lanka, free of freight charges. SriLankan Cares has teamed with SriLankan Cargo to implement the long-term humanitarian project which aims to channel medical product donations from Malaysia and other…

Struggling with long Covid – personal perspectives

NewsBy MPA Administrator August 23, 2022

Some have seen their lives upended, significantly affected by long-term damage SOME of us have moved on. We live like we are in a post-pandemic era. Perhaps we are the lucky ones who got Covid-19 but do not appear to have been harmed long-term. As it is described internationally, these are the “vaccinated, prior infected…

What Does It Mean To Be A Paediatrician? — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

NewsBy MPA Administrator August 23, 2022

I would like to outline how becoming a paediatrician has shaped and changed me. In essence, what I see as my core roles and purpose in this vocation. Picture credit: Dr Amar-Singh HSS. I have reflected on this question, which was asked of me, for quite some time. In a sense, it is asking…

Send kids who missed routine vaccinations for catch-up immunisation, ASAP

Editorial, NewsBy MPA Administrator July 18, 2022

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

Advocacy, Editorial, StatementsBy MPA Administrator July 18, 2022

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…

Berita MPA Newsletter May 2022

Berita MPABy MPA Administrator June 13, 2022

Vaccinate Children to Complete the Cycle Dear Members of MPA, friends and colleagues, Sincere Greetings and Salam Sejahtera! The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted our lives and clinical practice since 11 March 2020. We have gone through 4 waves of COVID-19 virus strains; thanks to the introduction of vaccines in February 2021, we have managed…

The White Paper: Health Is Wealth – Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Yap Wei Aun & Asst Prof Dr Farhan Mohd Rusli

Articles, NewsBy MPA Administrator June 9, 2022

Good health leads to the people’s wellbeing, enhances their productivity, and better contributes to the wellbeing and prosperity of the nation. The Seventh Malaysia Plan (1996-2000) promised a new district hospital in Lawas. Kam Agong was then pregnant with her eighth child in 2002. She was only 44 years old and otherwise in good health.…

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