As you browse the newspaper recently, I am sure many are alarmed by the staggering tuberculosis (TB) health statistics reported by the Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Tuberculosis is the second most contagious disease after HIV/ AIDS worldwide.…
You have been bombarded with many anti dengue advertisement. You nod your heads in acquaintance. You sympathise with the victims and say to yourself, “yes, we should do something about this. We can’t lose this battle to just a little…
Pengenalan dan Epidemiologi Bekerja dalam negara beriklim tropika, mustahil untuk tidak mengendalikan kes demam denggi. Tahun demi tahun, kita telah mengadakan banyak kempen kesihatan berkenaan demam denggi. Dari iklan televisyen hinggalah ke jerayawara. Tetapi demam denggi masih menghantui negara membangun seperti…
Pengenalan Demam denggi merupakan penyakit berjangkit yang terus menghantui kehidupan rakyat Malaysia. Tahun demi tahun, kes demam denggi semakin meningkat walaupun terdapat pelbagai kempen kesedaran dijalankan di seluruh tanah air. Malaysia kini antara negara yang berada di tangga teratas dalam…
Apakah itu TB (Tuberkulosis)? TB (Tuberkulosis) ataupun batuk kering adalah penyakit yang disebabkan oleh bakteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bakteria ini sering menyerang bahagian paru-paru, tetapi kadang-kala ia juga boleh menyerang bahagian otak, jantung, tulang belakang, nodus limfa, kelenjar adrenal dan bahagian…
Myth 1 – Dengue fever is harmless Are you sure? If it is truly harmless, kindly explain how 61 people in Malaysia alone have died from it since January until 3rd November 2013. At the same time, 29,754 cases were…
1. Saya tidak mungkin dijangkiti Di kawasan endemik seperti Malaysia dan Asia Timur, kaedah transmisi termasuk penyebaran dari ibu ke anak atau dari satu individu ke satu individu yang lain ketika zaman kanak-kanak. Selain daripada melalui hubungan seks dan berkongsi…
Introduction and Epidemiology Practicing in a tropical country, it is impossible not to come across cases of dengue fever. Over the years, we have had countless health campaigns regarding dengue from television advertisements to public roadshows. But dengue fever still…
Myth No. 1: I can get HIV just by being around people who are HIV-positive You cannot get HIV by eating from the same utensils, swimming in same swimming pool, kissing, hugging, playing in the same playground, attending funerals (of…
In high endemic areas like Malaysia and the rest of East Asian countries – the main mode of transmission is spread from mother to child at birth or from person to person in early childhood. Besides through sex and sharing…