14 August 2020
The health minister says listing the pneumococcal vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme was temporarily halted during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Tag: pneumococcal disease
15 July 2020
Approximately 83,000 children received the pneumococcal jab at private health facilities last year, up from 72,000 in 2018.
10 July 2020
The government allocated RM60 million in Budget 2020 for pneumococcal vaccination that was supposed to start in June.
10 February 2020
Two Malaysian experts say PCV13 is the preferred pneumococcal vaccine because of its broader protection against bacterial strains.
6 January 2020
The dearer PCV13 vaccine protects against more pneumococcal strains than the PCV10 vaccine.
11 October 2019
The vaccination plan was included in Pakatan Harapan’s election manifesto.
2 August 2019
Target: 50% of the adult population within 5 years