Tag: pandemic

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28 February 2025
Opinion

War Games And Enemy Lines

Nadiah Wan, former THKD CEO and GKVSTF member, reflects on a tabletop war game exercise during the Covid-19 surge to strategise home quarantine and monitoring. She calls for stronger primary care and public-private integration for future health crises.
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26 February 2025
Opinion

A Pharmacist’s Reflection On The Covid-19 Experience

During the Covid-19 pandemic, pharmacist Fahmi Hassan produced an e-book, which was translated to multiple languages, to explain Covid vaccination. He also joined a home vaccination programme by Mercy Malaysia and IMARET to provide shots to the immobile.
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25 February 2025
Opinion

Forgotten Frontliners: A Doctor’s Untold Story

An MO at Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Hospital recalls the brutal toll of Covid-19 — 33-hour shifts, patients dying alone, and missing his child’s birth — only to be forgotten once the crisis faded. Now, overworked and underpaid, he asks: Was it worth it?
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31 May 2024
World

Pandemic Treaty Must Treat Therapeutics As Equal To Vaccines

Experts say a pandemic treaty, currently discussed at the World Health Assembly, must prioritise medicines as much as vaccines. In the first 12 months of Covid, US$91 billion was allocated globally for vaccines, far exceeding $4.6 billion for therapeutics.