11 December 2023
Securing homes in the face of bushfires is a known challenge. Far less appreciated is the effect of bushfire smoke and why we must keep it out of residences.
Tag: pregnant women
28 August 2023
The free Tdap vaccine will be available to all pregnant women during their second or third trimester at MOH health facilities. The rollout of the programme is expected in 2024.
29 June 2023
A medical outreach programme in Tongod, Sabah -- among the poorest districts in Malaysia -- provided women 30 Implanon rods, a birth control implant. The whole Tongod district and some major public specialist hospitals in Sabah receive just 3-5 rods yearly.
6 December 2022
The Malaysian Medical Association, concerned with Terengganu’s criminalisation of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and childbirth, says punitive actions have not been shown to ever decrease unplanned pregnancies in the many decades of research.
20 May 2022
Azalina Othman Said says Malaysia’s restrictive abortion-related law under the Penal Code disproportionately burdens rape victims who fall pregnant, creating "unimaginable harm".
21 February 2022
mRNA vaccines are 61% effective at preventing Covid-19 hospitalisation in babies less than six months old whose mothers were vaccinated during pregnancy.
21 February 2022
This year, as of Feb 15, no Covid-19 fatalities have been reported among pregnant women.
17 December 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia has commitments towards upholding human rights like equality, dignity, autonomy, information, bodily integrity, respect for private life, and sexual and reproductive health.
26 October 2021
When education levels and incomes increase, women tend to delay pregnancy, and families tend to be smaller in size.
4 October 2021
The Tdap vaccine is recommended during every pregnancy, regardless of how long it has been since you previously received it.