9 March 2026
If a child has not yet reached the required level of mental and emotional maturity, choosing to delay enrolment by one year is the more appropriate arrangement.
Tag: children's health
4 March 2026
The MPA urges the international community to move beyond words of sympathy and take decisive action to ensure that children everywhere are shielded from the horrors of war and violence.
26 February 2026
The Women, Children and Community Development PSSC calls for targeted milk subsidies to prevent child stunting, citing no support for milk despite RM500 million annual sugar subsidies. MOH recommends 500ml daily intake for children aged two to five.
24 February 2026
Indonesia is seeing rising signs of suicidality among children as school pressure, economic stress and limited mental‑health support strain young lives.
23 January 2026
Letter
History Of The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) In Malaysia — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Rokiah Don & Fatimah Salim
The impact of the BFHI is far-reaching, beyond just a lactation project to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.
12 December 2025
The impact of a drowning death destroys families. The guilt of "if only I hadn't looked away" lasts a lifetime.
10 December 2025
Letter
The Crushing Impact: A Shadow Over Childhood — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Prof Thiyagar Nadarajaw & Dr Hartini Zainudin
The way forward is clear; to ensure the rights and well-being of every child on Malaysian soil, we must choose compassion over confinement.
1 December 2025
Proactive steps must be taken to prevent vaccine-preventable communicable diseases like measles from increasing the national health care burden.
24 November 2025
Our role -- as doctors, parents, and a community -- is to lean on evidence, support autistic children with empathy, and keep protecting our kids from diseases we can prevent.
19 November 2025
Childhood is supposed to be a promise — of safety, of love, of tomorrow. But some promises crack long before a child even learns to read them. Some stories begin with laughter and end with decisions no child should depend on.