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…
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…
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.…
Sebelum anak ke-sekolah/pusat asuhan check: ✅Suhu badan ✅Mulut tiada ulser ✅Tangan/Kaki tiada ruamIsolasi jika ada HFMD ✅Cegah penularan HFMD@MPAEDS @imaret_my @FIMAweb https://youtu.be/MUvs3OVoC2k
A New Dawn Dear Members of MPA, friends and colleagues, Firstly, as the newly elected President of MPA for 2021-2023, I would like to thank all of you for entrusting me with the responsibility to lead MPA for the next two years. A Very Happy Roaring New Year of the Tiger! My heartiest gratitude…
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…
WHEN poring over the 2022 Economic Outlook report last October, one particular data point stood out for Dr Neoh Soon Kean. “I was shocked when I saw that for 2019, 21.8% of Malaysian under-fives were stunted (low height for age). Even with my limited knowledge of statistics, this figure was quite shocking as in a…
For his excellent advocacy work in child and adolescent health, Dr N. Thiyagar (pic) received the outstanding Asian Paediatrician Award recently. The senior consultant paediatrician and adolescent medicine specialists received the award from the Asia Pacific Paediatric Association. However, due to logistics reasons, Dr Thiyagar, who is the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (Alor Star, Kedah) department head, had…
Download PDF
