Category: Health alert
Aflatoxin found in infant formula in South China
GUANGZHOU – Provindical authorities announced that they have discovered mildew contamination in some infant formula products during an ongoing dairy safety overhaul. Excessive amounts of aflatoxin were detected in five formula products that were produced between July and December last […]
HSA warns public of illegal drugs
SINGAPORE – The Health Sciences Authority has alerted members of the public to illegal and adulterated capsules that are being sold as herbal or traditional medicines. Recently, three people ended up in trouble, while one landing himself in the intensive […]
DOH demands hospitals to report all cases of EV-71 infections
PHILIPPINES – The Department of Health (DoH) announced mandatory notification of the virus to health authorities. Health Secretary Enrique Ona ordered all hospitals and health providers to report to the DOH individual cases, or even outbreaks, of all EV-71 infections. […]
Health Ministry says no EV-71 in Malaysia
MALAYSIA – The country’s Health Ministry announced that the deadly enterovirus 71 (EV-71) that killed at least 52 children in Cambodia has not entered the country. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai (see insert photo) said that there was one patient […]
EV-71 in Thailand still under control
THAILAND – Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Thailand is under control thanks to measures put in place to prevent a virulent strain from spreading to Thailand from Cambodia, Deputy Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon said yesterday. Extraordinary surveillance […]
Indonesia on high alert over Enterovirus 71
INDONESIA – The country’s Health Ministry is currently operating under a heightened state of vigilance to monitor the recent development of a mysterious disease that reportedly has killed more than 50 children in Cambodia since April. The Health Ministry’s Director […]
EV-71 Disease caused 52 deaths in Cambodia
VIETNAM – A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. Lab tests have […]
Indonesia’s clean drinking water crisis worst in Southeast Asia says expert
INDONESIA – a freshwater researcher at the Indonesian Research Institute (LIPI) said that Indonesia has the worst drinking water in Southeast Asia. “Only 30% [of city residents] have access to clean water,” Ignasius DA Sutapa said in Bengkalis, Riau. “[That […]
More Euro 2012 fans falling victim to Facial paralysis
CHINA – Hospitals in Beijing are receiving more patients since the beginning of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. According to a facial nerve hospital in Beijing, the number of patients with facial paralysis is 20 percent higher than usual, […]
Over 2 Million Malaysians suffer from Diabetes
MALAYSIA – According to findings by the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), 2.6 million Malaysians were found to be suffering from diabetes om 2011. Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman described the findings as alarming and worrying, […]
