Effective pharmacologic treatments for COVID-19 remains a challenge. The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial showed dexamethasone, a steroid, improved mortality outcomes for COVID-19 patients in severe stage of disease when oxygen supplementation or mechanical ventilation is required. But for the management of mild and moderate cases, […]
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) ingin memaklumkan bahawa Tinjauan Kebangsaan Kesihatan dan Morbiditi (NHMS 2019) kini sedang dijalankan, di mana ianya bertujuan untuk mendapatkan maklumat mengenai indikator-indikator utama kesihatan dan keperluan penjagaan kesihatan penduduk. NHMS 2019 yang kini dalam kitaran ke-enam diselaraskan oleh Institut Kesihatan Umum (IKU), dengan kerjasama […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland today announced the award of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health, to the research team comprising of Dr. Nazni Wasi Ahmad, Dr Lee Han Lim, Ms Teh Chien Huey, and Ms Suhana Othman of the Medical Entomology Unit, […]
The Malaysian National Cancer Registry Report (MNCR) 2007-2011 was published by National Cancer Institute on it’s website http://www.nci.moh.gov.my in October, 2016. To view and/or download this report: Click here It was stated in this report that: “The first five year report of the Malaysian National Cancer Registry attempts to […]
According to World Health Organization (WHO) 2015, cervical cancer is ranked fourth commonest cancer among women globally, after breast, colorectal and lung cancer. In Malaysia, National Cancer Registry (NCR) 2007 reported cancer of the cervix as the third most common cancer among women and fifth most common cancer […]
Head injury is one of the commonest and probably the most preventable medical conditions. Road traffic accident is the commonest cause of head injury globally, besides accident at home, workplace and during sports event. This neglected global epidemic has been the concern of the World Health Organization and […]
KENYATAAN AKHBAR KETUA PENGARAH KESIHATAN MALAYSIA KERJASAMA DI ANTARA KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA DENGAN DRUGS FOR NEGLECTED DISEASES initiative (DNDi) UNTUK PENYELIDIKAN KLINIKAL HEPATITIS C Satu perjanjian telah dimeterai di antara Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) dan Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) pada 13 Januari 2016 yang lepas untuk menjalankan […]
Staff from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah State Health Department and Clinical Research Centre (CRC), together with international collaborators have successfully conducted the first clinical trial ever on people with monkey malaria. Findings from the randomised control trial has shown that a key combination of antimalarial drugs […]
UCAP BALAS KETUA PENGARAH KESIHATAN KKM BAGI MAJLIS MENANDATANGANI MOU ANTARA BPFK DENGAN MFRDB, INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA PADA 16 FEBRUARI 2015 YBhg. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latif Mohmod Ketua Pengarah FRIM YBhg Dato’ Eisah A.Rahman Pengarah Kanan Perkhidmatan Farmasi En. Tan Ann Ling Pengarah Regulatori Farmasi Biro Pengawalan […]
Today I chaired a periodic meeting called “Mesyuarat Khas Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan” where we discussed various operational and policy issues on technical matters with all Deputies Director General of Health, Heads of Divisions and State Health Directors. Among issues we discussed include diseases and outbreak control including dengue, […]
Today, in conjunction with “Mesyuarat Khas KPK”, I had an opportunity to visit to the Advanced Medical & Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Institut Perubatan & Pergigian Termaju) together with all State Health Directors and Heads of Divisions. The Institute which is located at Bertam Kepala Batas, was […]
Today I chaired meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), the first one for 2014. National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) is a national survey that provides evidence-based information to the Ministry of Health on health status and risk factors for non-communicable […]
From the Desk of the Director-General of Health Malaysia 
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