Polio di Malaysia: Kes pertama selepas 27 tahun
Source: TV Alhijrah
Kejadian Kes Polio Pertama Setelah Malaysia Diisytiharkan Bebas Polio
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) dengan dukacita ingin memaklumkan kejadian satu kes yang disahkan dijangkiti virus polio di Malaysia, setelah 27 tahun Malaysia bebas daripada penyakit tersebut. Kes melibatkan seorang bayi lelaki warganegara Malaysia berumur tiga bulan dari Tuaran, Sabah yang telah mengalami demam diikuti dengan lemah anggota badan dan telah dimasukkan ke Unit Rawatan Rapi…
The problem with polio
After 27 years, polio has returned to Malaysia with a case having been reported in the state of Sabah. We take a look at the factors that may have contributed to this resurgence and what needs to be done to get back to a polio-free status. Source: BFM, 9 Dec, 2019
Even one polio case is an outbreak
The three-month-old infant from Tuaran, Sabah who contracted polio was under-immunised with polio vaccine and was thus not protected, says consultant paediatrician and clinical immunologist Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin. According to the Malaysian National Immunisation Schedule, infants are to receive the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) at ages two months, three months and five months.…
Polio case area under watch
The Health Ministry is looking out for symptoms of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), which shares the features of poliomyelitis, at the surrounding areas of the three-month-old boy’s house in Tuaran, Sabah, who was infected with polio, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Health Minister said that to contain the spread of the infection, the…
Case for mandatory vaccinations
THERE is a three-month old infant with a diagnosis of polio in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Tuaran in Sabah. This is the first native case in Malaysia since 1986. There are two issues that require systemic solutions – one, we need to raise our vaccination rates in the face of vaccine hesitancy, and…
Flu Prevention Is An Act Of Love
YABhg Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali today urged Malaysian families to protect their most vulnerable members – young children and ageing parents – from the dangers of influenza (the flu) by getting them vaccinated against the disease. She was speaking at the launch of the ‘Flu Prevention is an Act of Love’ campaign organised…
Berita MPA Newsletter November 2019
Dear Esteemed Members of MPA, friends and colleagues, First, as the newly elected president of MPA for 2019-2021, I would like to thank ALL of you for entrusting me with the responsibility to lead MPA for the next two years. My heartiest gratitude to MPA immediate past-president Assoc Prof Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin and the Executive…
What happens when children are overexposed to technology?
The introduction of technology in schools is possibly the biggest change that the global education system has gone through in the last decade. With children now having access to technology both at home and in school, are they overexposed and are there repercussions? Louis Lai Sheng Ren, a psychologist at International Psychology Centre says, “The…
Childhood obesity and the role of schools
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), worldwide obesity has tripled from 1975 to 2016. The scarier fact is that as of 2016, 41 million children under the age of five and 340 million children between the ages of five and 19 were reported to be overweight or obese. Malaysia has a lot to worry…