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.
Tag: vaccine hesitancy
3 April 2025
Dr Amirul Amzar says vaccine hesitancy is a spectrum, cautioning against stigmatising language for vaccine hesitancy (those who only refuse vax but don't spread misinformation). Respecting patient autonomy is crucial to persuade vaccine-hesitant people.
6 September 2024
Malaysian parents say they chose to vaccinate their children under the NIP, as well as with the Covid vaccine, to protect their kids. "I'm not putting my child at risk," says one mother. Another touts data and science, and the strong history of vaccines.
14 May 2024
Health Minister Dr Dzul slams vaccine hesitancy among parents that has caused infectious disease outbreaks in Malaysia, saying vaccines have worked for over two centuries. Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine in 1796; smallpox was eradicated in 1980.
17 April 2024
It's ironic that as scientific evidence on climate change and vaccines have become more compelling, public opinion on social media appears more divided.
30 January 2024
Covid increased vaccine hesitancy. With immunisation crucial to protect against the impacts of climate change, the test is how to restore vaccine confidence.
10 March 2023
Similar and clear communication should be applied to all vaccines.
23 November 2021
“You have to demonstrate to people that you're willing to go toe to toe, tell them what the science is, what the facts are, and pretty much let the naysayers, the anti-vaxxers, embarrass themselves.”
3 November 2021
Health DG Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says 2,400 unvaccinated government health care workers -- who are either vaccine-hesitant or can’t get Covid-19 jabs on medical grounds -- comprise doctors, nurses, and medical assistants.
22 September 2021
The Malaysian vaccine-hesitant movement uses more sophisticated and nuanced arguments now that appear reasonable on the surface, but are designed to plant doubt about Covid-19 vaccination.