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Building a fairer, healthier world for migrants Bernama THE Covid-19 pandemic has greatly undermined recent health advances, driven more people into poverty and food insecurity, as well as amplified health inequities. Despite affecting all population segments, migrant workers are said to be the worst hit, following various issues they face as outsiders in a foreign land. Malaysia is home to at least two million documented migrant workers, while two to four million - who are mostly from Indo...

Background: Lack of evidence regarding whether a useful examination instrument such as an multiple choice question (MCQ) quiz is reliable for assessing delirium care knowledge. Aims and objectives: To develop and psychometrically test a MCQ-based quiz for assessing the delirium care knowledge of critical care nurses. Design: Instrument development and psychometric evaluation study. Methods: The development and validation process consisted of two phases. The first Phase focused on the quiz develo...

Published March 15, 2021 The University of Louisiana Monroe will offer a graduate certificate in Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare beginning with the Fall 2021 semester.   The certificate is in the Health Studies program in the School of Allied Health of the ULM College of Health Sciences. It is the only one of its kind in Louisiana.     As Louisiana continues to shift toward serving people in the community, there is a need to create healthcare wo...

LETTER | When too salty kills A - LETTER | “More Flavour, Less Salt!” The World Salt Awareness Week falls from March 8 to 14 this year. The aim is to raise awareness of the damaging effect of too much salt on our health. The campaign is part of the global strategy to reduce salt consumption. Our local study showed that the average salt intake per day among Malaysians was 7.9g in 2017–2018.  This far exceeded the level recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is less than...

LETTER | Choose to challenge gender inequality in health Modified7 Mar 2021, 5:28 pm A - LETTER | March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a global day to celebrate women’s achievements and raise awareness about women’s equality. The campaign theme for 2021 is “Choose to Challenge”, specifically on gender bias and inequality. Gender inequalities occur in different aspects of life, including health, education, employment, protection, politics and power. Excess maternal mortality, inad...

LETTER | Obesity in Malaysia is a ticking time bomb Modified5 Mar 2021, 6:29 am A - LETTER | The World Obesity Day that fell on March 4 is dedicated to addressing the global obesity epidemic. Among its missions are to increase awareness that obesity is a disease. Malaysia has the highest prevalence of obesity among adults in Southeast Asia. In the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey, 50.1 percent of our adult population were reported to be overweight (30.4 percent) or obese (19.7 percent)...

While South Africa shared its Covid-19 vaccine price publicly, the prices paid by the European Union (EU) are only publicly known due to an accidental tweet of the EU’s price list by Belgium’s Budget State Secretary, Eva De Bleeker.  Pharmaceutical companies have provided a range of justifications for charging different countries different prices for the same vaccines. These justifications include the income-level and size of procuring countries, the provision of public investment towards ...

Autism Education Program ‘CAPTAIN’ Aims To Improve Practices Within Schools A special education teacher in Canyon Country talked to KHTS recently about an autism education group she belongs to, and how it can help families who have a child with autism. The California Autism Professional Training and Information Network (CAPTAIN) is a program funded by the California Department of Education that supports the understanding and use of evidence-based practices for those on the autism spectrum.�...

Reuters From India to Indonesia, fake news, fear and conspiracy theories surrounding Covid-19 vaccinations are gathering momentum as governments embark on mass inoculation drives against the virus which has killed over 2.1 million and infected nearly 100 million worldwide. Attaining herd immunity through mass vaccination is crucial for the recovery of the devastated global economy. Governments are also racing to vaccinate their populations before the coronavirus mutates further – as has happe...

Two studies by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) show that skin-to-skin care (SSC) -- a specific form of holding in which the...