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Hisham: Efforts to combat polio in Sabah ongoing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH), through the state health department (JKN) and the Sabah government, are in the midst of conducting three phases of polio control and prevention efforts. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the
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Press statement on influenza only by Health Ministry – Dr Dzulkefly
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) is the ministry responsible for coordinating the data and providing updates on the influenza outbreak in the country. Health Minister Datuk Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the ministry’s director-general, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah would
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Influenza patients should consult doctors before taking antiviral medication
KUALA LUMPUR: Those who have been infected by influenza are advised to consult their doctors before taking any antiviral medication. Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said although antiviral medication could help reduce influenza symptoms and alleviate health
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Health Ministry: Two new polio cases detected in Sabah
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today confirmed detecting two new polio cases in Sabah. In a statement today, its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a boy aged 11 years in Kinabatangan and another boy aged eight years old in
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Hisham: Enough supply of influenza medicine at public health facilities
KUALA LUMPUR: There is sufficient stock of medicines to treat influenza infections at the Health Ministry’s facilities. According to the ministry’s pharmaceutical service programme, in view of the spread of influenza in the country, the ministry has obtained additional supply
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NSAIDs medication for children can increase risk of influenza complications
KUALA LUMPUR: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) prescribed for children aged below five years for the purpose of reducing fever, could expose them to a higher risk of influenza complications. In a statement issued today, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
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Health Ministry: Cancer is the number two killer in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Health Ministry said cancer had caused 16,000 deaths in 2018 alone, making it the number two killer ailment in Malaysia after heart disease. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that there are 10 types of cancer
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Health Ministry: RM250 compound awaits those who violate smoking ban on Jan 1
PUCHONG: Effective Jan 1, those caught smoking in public areas, including eateries across Malaysia, will be slapped with a fine of RM250. First time offenders, however, can appeal to reduce their fines to RM150 at any district health office within
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Health Ministry denounced Mesiprostol at-home abortion pills as unsafe
PUCHONG: In a statement, the Health Ministry today banned misoprostol medication which is used to induce abortion, to be sold in the country after the drug was found sold online illegally. Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the
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Health Ministry seizes RM142mil in medical products over three years
The Health Ministry, through the Pharmaceutical Enforcement Division, has conducted 4,169 raids for the past three years against licensed pharmacy premises, private clinics and other premises found to have violated various laws and regulations. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
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