HFMD: 4 child care centres in Melaka ordered to close -
Melaka Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairman Low Chee Leong says 10 HFMD cases were reported at three child care centres in Alor Gajah and two at a child care centre in Melaka Tengah.
Dr Dzulkefly: Statement about traditional medicine is fake, not issued by Health Ministry - Nation | The Star Online http://po.st/oFitoz via @staronline
PETALING JAYA: Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has clarified that a statement on integrating herbal medicine into mainstream healthcare being circulated on social media is not from the Health Ministry.
Services of community clinics nationwide to be enhanced, health minister says | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — The service at 353 Community Clinics nationwide will be enhanced including with the provision of doctors, pharmacies and healthcare services to the people, said Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said,…
FIND and DNDi support Malaysian MOH to simplify and decentralize HCV screening & treatment https://eurekalert.org/e/8l5y via @DNDi @EurekAlert
FIND and the DNDi will partner to generate evidence that will support policy change and scale up of hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment. This work, announced at the AIDS 2018 conference in Amsterdam and ahead of World Hepatitis D…
No school closure in Kedah due to HFMD | Malay Mail
ALOR SETAR, July 22 — The Ministry of Health Malaysia (KKM) stresses that there is no school closure in Kedah so far as a result of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases. Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah…
Malaysia MOH: No schools in Selangor closed due to HFMD
The Ministry of Health in Malaysia is debunking allegations on social media that there are 51 schools closed in a district in Selangor due to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). They say based on the monitoring carried out by MO…
Enlist private doctors to combat diabetes? Why not? - Views | The Star Online http://po.st/f2J7cM via @staronline
MIRI: Politicians must think of ways to better the lives of the people by coming up with beneficial ideas or listen to good ones, like a suggestion by a medical doctor at a conference in Miri recently that private clinics be enli…
Doctors’ fees, baby formula among SST-exempt items | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Nine items that were previously taxed under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will now be exempted under the Sales and Services Tax (SST) that will take effect on September 1. According to the Finance Minis…
Negri Sembilan records rise in HFMD since January | Malay Mail
SEREMBAN, July 20 ― The Negri Sembilan Health Department recorded a total of 1,350 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) from January to yesterday, said State Health, Environment, Cooperatives and Consumerism Committee cha…
Four main motivators of child marriage identified in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The four main factors that lead to child marriages in Malaysia are low household income, lack of parenting support interventions, lack of access
CYBERJAYA: An Egyptian scholar asserted the vast potential of genomic editing in the care of patients and prevention of gene-related diseases among healthy people. In a public lecture titled ‘Publi…
HFMD: No school closures in Selangor, says Health Ministry | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that there has been no closure of schools or classes in Selangor due to the outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Health director-general Datuk Dr…
Rich families triggered HFMD outbreak: Malaysian health official, Malaysia News - AsiaOne
GEORGE TOWN - More affluent families in Penang, who travelled with their children during the school holidays last month, triggered the extreme outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) plaguing the state.
How worried should you be? You have a little one in kindergarten and you keep hearing stories about Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). The name alone is enough to strike fear in your heart. Senior Consultant Paediatrician Dato'…