 Countries:
Malaysia
Name
Malaysian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (MPSU)
Website
None at present
Year established
December 1993
Association
Malaysian Paediatric Society
Population under 15 years
7.6 million
General information
The MPSU was established in December 1993 and surveillance began in
September 1994 under the auspices of the Malaysian Paediatric Association
and covers all of Malaysia.
The unit has adopted the classical BPSU methodology with cards being
circulated to around 400 paediatricians and surgeons. The initial response
rate is encouraging at 75%, having risen as the system becomes more familiar
to respondents. Only 13% of respondents have never returned a card.
Conditions studied
Initially four conditions were under surveillance:
paediatric HIV and AIDS, neonatal meningitis, acute fulminant liver
failure and death from asthma.
1998 saw commencement of surveillance for:
Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
1999:
neonatal congenital heart disease.
Contact
Dr Jacqueline Ho, Dr HSS Amar
Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Ipoh
30990 Ipoh, Malyasia
Tel: ++605 253 333 Fax: ++605 253
1541
Email: jho@pc.jaring.my
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