29 July 2020 Malaysia Realistically, Covid-19 May Be Here To Stay: PKR Health Spokesman Dr Lee Boon Chye questions if Malaysia’s all-cause mortality rose in the first six months of 2020.
15 July 2020 Malaysia Covid-19 Disrupted Pneumococcal Vaccine Procurement, MOH Still Working On Supply Approximately 83,000 children received the pneumococcal jab at private health facilities last year, up from 72,000 in 2018.
10 July 2020 Malaysia What Happened To Malaysia’s Pneumococcal Vaccination Programme? The government allocated RM60 million in Budget 2020 for pneumococcal vaccination that was supposed to start in June.
30 April 2020 Malaysia Baby Misses Pneumococcal Jab After Parents Barred From Interstate Travel The father says police told him interstate travel would only be allowed for family deaths.
10 February 2020 Malaysia Let Scientific Evidence Guide Pneumococcal Vaccine Choice, Malaysian Doctor Says Two Malaysian experts say PCV13 is the preferred pneumococcal vaccine because of its broader protection against bacterial strains.
6 January 2020 Malaysia Don’t Just Choose The Cheapest Pneumococcal Vaccine, Experts Tell Malaysia The dearer PCV13 vaccine protects against more pneumococcal strains than the PCV10 vaccine.
15 October 2019 Malaysia MOH Not Making Pneumococcal Vaccine Compulsory Yet The RM60 million allocation under Budget 2020 was half of what MOH asked for.
14 October 2019 Letter Pneumococcal Vaccine: 15-Year Struggle Ends — Chan Li Jin & Dr Musa Mohd Nordin A full course of the pneumococcal vaccine costs over RM1,000.
11 October 2019 Malaysia Malaysia Covers Pneumococcal Vaccine, RM60Mil In Budget 2020 The vaccination plan was included in Pakatan Harapan’s election manifesto.
29 July 2019 Malaysia Activist: Fund Pneumococcal Vaccine In Malaysia’s Budget 2020 Countries like Laos, Cambodia, and the Philippines list the pneumococcal vaccine in their national immunisation programmes.