Child health in Malaysia: 1870-1985.

Innovations in child health care in Asia.

The delivery of child care has traditionally taken the form of "vertical" programmes with "standard" technical contents, largely based upon a few models from the developed countries. These models were based on the provision of continuous supervrsion and preventive care for mothers and ch ildren in affluent societies where coverage is good. Consequently, during even recent decades, ch ild health...

Child abuse and neglect as seen in General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur--a two year study.

Eighty-six children diagnosed as child abuse and/or neglect were admitted to the Paediatric wards of the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur during 1985 and 1986. Of these cases, 62 were of physical abuse, six of sexual abuse, one case of both physical and sexual abuse and 17 of neglect. There were 25 boys and 61 girls. Thirty-four of these children were Malays, 16 Chinese, 26 Indians, three mixed a...

Abnormal Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Findings in a Near-Normal Hearing Child with Noonan Syndrome

Introduction: Noonan syndrome (NS) is a heterogeneous genetic disease that affects many parts of the body. It was named after Dr. Jacqueline Anne Noonan, a paediatric cardiologist.Case Report: We report audiological tests and auditory brainstem response (ABR) findings in a 5-year old Malay boy with NS. Despite showing the marked signs of NS, the child could only produce a few meaningful words. ...

Integration of child health services: an introduction.

Child health in Malaysia.

Malaya achieved its independence in 1957; in 1963 it combined with Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded two years later) to form Malaysia. Today, Malaysia is a country in transition and thus has health problems ofboth undeveloped and developed countries. The main provider of health care in the country is the Ministry of Health through its extensive network of health centres, rural clini...