Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad delivers his opening keynote during the Malaysian Healthcare Conference 2019 in Kuala Lumpur March 7, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Health Ministry is considering making the measles, mumps and rubella as well as diphtheria vaccines compulsory for children enrolling for school, Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said today. The health minister said this was a suggestion from the Malaysian Paediatric Association that a government task force on vaccination would consider, among others, amid the resurgence of preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria due to increased anti-vaccine attitudes.Anti-vaccination advocates have especially objected against the MMR vaccine based on the false belief that it causes autism.
Just prior to the minister’s remarks, however, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said immunisations were the prerogative of parents.
Health Ministry should place more focus on denggi, kencing tikus, and the lack of ambulance para-medics which have proven to cause thousands of deaths first, rather than embark on a vaccination policy which undoubtedly involve the purchase of vaccines from certain company. $$
You gotta do it. Even ignorant parents don't deserve their child to succumb to this preventable disease.
Ya YB 3 meter
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