Musa Nordin

A study published last year showed the increasing prevalence of the ‘triple burden’ of child malnutrition in Malaysia—the coexistence of stunting, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies in children aged 6 months to 12 years. Are we acting fast enough to prevent this from becoming a generational health crisis? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to consultant paediatrician Dr Musa Nordin.

A study published last year showed the increasing prevalence of the ‘triple burden’ of child malnutrition in Malaysia—the coexistence of stunting, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies in children aged 6 months to 12 years. Are we acting fast enough to prevent this from becoming a generational health crisis? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to the Principal Investigator for Malaysia for the Southeast Asian Nutrition Survey 2019-2020, Professor Dr Poh Bee Koon. She is Professor of Nutrition at the Center for Community Health Studies under UKM’s Faculty of Health Sciences, where she specialises in childhood and adolescent nutrition.

The MOH today described as baseless, allegations that the procurement of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and its registration were not made because there were "not enough kickbacks".

National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Division (NPRA) had conducted due diligence and inspection before allowing the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

NPRA telah melakukan penelitian dan pemeriksaan yang sewajarnya sebelum membenarkan penggunaan vaksin COVID-19 di negara ini.

Firstly, I wish to clarify that there are hardly any vaccine experts in our country today as we do not have a serious human vaccine development industry.

Hampir tidak ada pakar vaksin di negara kita hari ini kerana kita tidak mempunyai industri pembangunan vaksin manusia yang bersungguh-sungguh.

Jelas Dr Musa, data bagi menyokong penggunaan Ivermectin sebagai rawatan COVID-19 masih tidak mencukupi setakat ini.

Terdapat 661 buah hospital awam di Indonesia, hanya separuh yang mempunyai bekalan ventilator.

Paediatrics specialist Datuk Dr Musa Nordin was surprised with the attitude of some parents and community for being complacent or rejecting preventive measures that could save their children's lives.