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  1. De Zulueta J, Lachance F
    Bull World Health Organ, 1956;15(3-5):673-93.
    PMID: 13404443
    A first experiment on malaria control in the interior of Borneo by spraying with residual insecticides is described. The work was carried out in the isolated, sparsely populated valleys of the Baram River and its tributary, the Tinjar, in northern Sarawak. The experimental area was divided into three parts: a DDT test area, where a 75% suspension of wettable powder was applied at the rate of 2 g of DDT per m(2) of surface; a BHC test area, where a 50% suspension of wettable powder was applied at the rate of 0.10 g of gamma isomer per m(2); and a check area.Entomological investigations made before the spraying operations were started showed that Anopheles leucosphyrus Dönitz, 1901 was the main malaria vector in both the test and the check areas. Out of a total of 7568 A. leucosphyrus dissected, 30 gland infections were detected-a sporozoite-rate of 0.40%. A. barbirostris was found to be a secondary vector throughout the experimental area.THE RESULTS OF INSECTICIDE SPRAYING WERE SATISFACTORY: in the DDT test area, the spleen-rate fell from 51.8% to 25.1%, and the parasite-rate from 35.6% to 1.6%, in 21 months, and a similar reduction in the rates was observed in the BHC test area. In the check area, the spleen- and parasite-rates rose during the period of observations. It is considered that if such a degree of control can be obtained in 21 months, complete eradication can be expected in the near future.Although BHC spraying proved effective, the fact that it has to be repeated every three months makes it impracticable in the interior of Sarawak, where communications are very poor and difficulties of transport very great. DDT spraying, which need only be done twice a year, is therefore to be preferred. The cost of the DDT operations-US$ 0.45 per person protected per year-is comparatively high, owing to the difficulty of communications and to the necessity for spraying not only the village "longhouses", but also the temporary shelters which the semi-nomadic people in the interior of Sarawak build each year in the rice-fields.
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting*
  2. Pang T
    Med J Malaysia, 1979 Dec;34(2):91-4.
    PMID: 398437
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  3. Sinnathuray TA
    Med J Malaysia, 1979 Dec;34(2):176-80.
    PMID: 548724
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  4. WHO Chron, 1981;35(5):163-7.
    PMID: 7324457
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  5. Vohrah KC
    Bull Narc, 1984 Oct-Dec;36(4):31-41.
    PMID: 6570698
    While the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 of Malaysia has been amended to take into account changing patterns of drug abuse and trafficking, it lacks provisions for the mandatory forfeiture of proceeds derived from drug trafficking. Nor do the general powers of forfeiture in the Criminal Procedure Code of the country extend to such proceeds. To meet further changing patterns of drug trafficking involving criminal syndicate leaders, who rarely incriminate themselves through overt and detectable acts, Malaysia has a bill in Parliament the purpose of which, when it becomes law, is to detain without trial, upon cogent evidence, persons who have been associated with any activity relating to or involving drug trafficking, and to prevent them from further committing drug crimes. In addition, serious thinking has been given to the possibility of adopting, within the constraints of the Malaysian Constitution, a law on forfeiture of the proceeds derived from drug trafficking. There are, in this respect, several problems to be resolved, such as the secrecy of bank accounts and taxpayers' returns, which might make it difficult to trace proceeds and to keep track of tainted money being remitted abroad, although it is believed that such problems could be overcome by domestic measures. A more serious problem is the lack of international co-operation for investigations to be carried out outside national borders to trace, seize, freeze and secure the forfeiture of the proceeds of drug crimes located abroad.
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  6. Hearn RL
    Asian Pac Cens Forum, 1985 May;11(4):1-4, 9-14, 16.
    PMID: 12267276
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting*
  7. Jones GW, Tan PC
    J Southeast Asian Stud, 1985 Sep;16(2):262-80.
    PMID: 12267554
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting*
  8. Pathmanathan I
    Med J Malaysia, 1986 Dec;41(4):287-91.
    PMID: 3670149
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  9. Hull TH, Larson A
    Asia Pac Econ Lit, 1987 May;1(1):25-59.
    PMID: 12314890
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting*
  10. Cotton RE
    Malays J Pathol, 1987 Aug;9:49-55.
    PMID: 3330746
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  11. Andrews GR
    Compr Gerontol C, 1987 Dec;1:24-32.
    PMID: 3502916
    Although ageing is not yet a high priority issue for health planners, policy makers and clinicians in most developing countries, there will be a growing need in coming years to pay more attention to the important health issues associated with population ageing in the developing world. This paper reports some of the relevant findings of a cross-national study (sponsored by the World Health Organization) of the health and social aspects of ageing in four developing countries: Korea, the Philippines, Fiji and Malaysia. The key findings are compared and contrasted with those of a similar 11-country WHO study in Europe. In broad terms, the overall demographic, physical, mental health and social patterns and trends associated with ageing as demonstrated by age group and sex differences were consistent throughout the four countries studied. Comparisons with European findings in other similar studies underlined the fundamental universality of age-related changes in biophysical, behavioural and social characteristics. The importance of the family in developing countries was evident with about three-quarters of those aged 60 and over in the four countries living with children, often in extended family situations. Levels of adverse health-related behaviour and the prospect of changing patterns of morbidity with further increases in the total and proportional numbers of aged persons point to a need for emphasis on preventive health measures and programmes directed to the maintenance of the physical and mental health of the ageing population.
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting*
  12. Hoffenberg R
    Med J Malaysia, 1988 Mar;43(1):4-8.
    PMID: 3244318
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  13. Bosco J
    Ann Acad Med Singap, 1988 Apr;17(2):251-3.
    PMID: 3044263
    Immunology is a discipline that traverses all branches of clinical medicine. Thus since about ten years ago major hospitals in Malaysia established routine clinical immunology services particularly in the diagnosis of autoimmune/connective tissue disorders. More recently these laboratories have ventured into basic research in Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Leukaemia Immunology, Nasopharyngeal Cancer and Leprosy. The rationale for these projects together with early results from them are discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  14. Yeoh PH
    Med J Malaysia, 1988 Sep;43(3):195-9.
    PMID: 3241576
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  15. Ho TM
    Int J Health Serv, 1988;18(2):281-91.
    PMID: 3378859 DOI: 10.2190/EJ77-C1UH-KHMQ-8HAX
    This article examines the numerous problems faced by primary health care in Malaysia, care that traditionally has been a private sector activity. While general practitioners have adapted, and are continually adapting, to the needs of a multiracial society with diverse cultural patterns, it is hoped that with the emergence of a dynamic discipline of family practice, family doctors will be able to provide a sophisticated form of primary health care that will serve the needs of the people.
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  16. D'Cruz F, Chandrasekharan N
    Med J Malaysia, 1990 Jun;45(2):88-91.
    PMID: 2152024
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
  17. Wilkinson IE
    Br J Gen Pract, 1992 Feb;42(355):84.
    PMID: 1493024
    Matched MeSH terms: Forecasting
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