If you have been on the internet, or been watching the news, you would have heard the name Zika mentioned. This has prompted quite a few questions thrown my way on the ever-so-trusted ‘twitter’; “I am pregnant, what happens if…
Does it still exist in Malaysia and other countries worldwide? Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind. It is also known as Hansen’s disease or “kusta” in Malay. It is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which affects peripheral…
25 Ogos 2013 : Pendekatan tangkap-dan-bunuh digalakkan sebagai satu-satunya cara menangani masalah tikus di Kota Kinabalu. Pendekatan holistik dan kerjasama kerajaan tempatan serta NGO untuk mengatasi masalah tikus di seluruh negara termasuk aktiviti gotong-royong, pemusnahan sarang tikus, dan mewujudkan kesedaran…
Jangkitan penyakit Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) adalah jangkitan paru-paru yang disebabkan oleh virus yang dinamakan sebagai Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Ianya pertama kali ditemui pada 2012 di Arab Saudi. Jangkitan MERS meliputi tanda penyakit atau gejala seperti…
All too often, parents fail to recognise pneumonia until it’s too late. Fikri, 5 years old, had chickenpox. He seemed happy and lively enough until he developed high spiking fever and rapid breathing. He started coughing out voluminous amounts of…
Prologue Though less has been mentioned of this particular infectious disease, there leaves a lot to be dwelled on when it comes to mind. Not many healthcare practitioners, especially the more junior ones would have come across it as it…
25th August 2013 : A catch-and-kill attitude was encouraged to be adopted and instilled as the only way to exterminate rats in Kota Kinabalu. A holistic approach with cooperation from local governments and NGOs to tackle the rat problem nationwide…
Mitos 1: HIV boleh menjangkiti dengan hanya berada di sekeliling orang yang HIV positif Kita TIDAK dijangkiti HIV apabila makan dengan menggunakan perkakas yang sama, berenang di kolam renang yang sama, bercium, berpelukan, bermain di taman permainan yang sama, menghadiri…
“Penyakit Ebola tiada penawar. Pesakit memerlukan pemerhatian berterusan untuk memastikan tekanan darah mereka tidak menjunam ke aras yang boleh membawa maut, dan seorang demi seorang daripada mereka menemui ajal. Ia adalah ancaman kesihatan awam terhadap manusia”- Dhesi Baha Raja Yambuku,…
“There’s no specific drug to treat Ebola. Patients need constant supervision to make sure their blood pressure doesn’t crash to deadly levels, one by one they die. A Major Public Health threat to mankind” – Dhesi Baha Raja Yambuku, It…