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 by:  Pharmacy Services KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital -  Farah Jasni Is herd immunity alone enough? A recent survey was done by the Health Ministry regarding Malaysians’ acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine shows that 67 per cent of the 212,006 respondents are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. This is a good indicator in building up a herd immunity system in our battle against Covid-19 pandemic.  However, there is a group of people who are against the use of Covid-19 vaccines and continue to debate whether the safety, efficacy and stability of the vaccine are credible enough to be given to all Malaysians. The debate is further heated following the viral statement made by the former Pfizer's vice president, Dr Yeadon who claimed that Covid-19 vaccines were unnecessary as people globally were acquiring natural herd immunity by getting infected in large groups. WHO has then clarified that the view is unethical and false. Sacrificing more people by letting them get i...

Oleh: Aina Sofia Binti Shaharim (Speech-Language Therapist) Piramid Komunikasi di atas merupakan bahan favourite yang sering digunakan oleh speech-language therapist untuk menerangkan kepada ibu bapa bagaimana komunikasi anak berkembang. Pada setiap sesi pertama anak berjumpa dengan speech-language therapist, kami akan menilai setiap komponen kemahiran komunikasi di dalam piramid untuk mengenal pasti kemahiran apa yang perlu dipertingkatkan untuk membantu anak bercakap dah berkomunikasi dengan lebih baik. Secara ringkasnya, setiap lapisan kemahiran komunikasi perlu dicapai untuk membantu kemahiran komunikasi di atasnya. Jika kanak-kanak tidak dapat mencapai kemahiran yang berada di lapisan bawah piramid, maka kemahiran di lapisan atas akan mempunyai masalah untuk dicapai. Ibu bapa merupakan orang yang sangat penting dalam membantu anak untuk mencapai setiap kemahiran komunikasi.   Pre-verbal Skills Pre-verbal skills atau kemahiran pra-pertuturan merupakan kemahiran komunikasi pa...