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#WEMUSTWIN

FROM THE DESK
OF CHIEF EDITOR
Advisor
• YBhg Datuk Dr Hishamshah Mohd
The pandemic Ibrahim

is only controlled anywhere Chief Editor
• Dr Sunita Shanmugam
if it is controlled NIH Bulletin Secretariat
• Mohd Idris Omar
everywhere • Dayang Ramraini Brama
• Fazieyana Azizi
Editors
• Dr Sujatha Suthandiram
As we approach the second half of 2021, • Norzawati Yoep
many countries are going through another • Dr Tania Gayle Robert
wave of the pandemic. Our beloved country • Yip Yan Yee
is one of them. The lackadaisical attitude • Dr Nur Balqis Zahirah Ali
of the public in adapting to the new norm • Matron Kong Yuke Lin
and haphazard SOPs have drastically • Norbaidurah Ithnain
contributed to the tsunami of new cases • Khairulnissa Abdul Kadir
reported daily.
Contributors
The National Vaccination Programme for • Dr Siti Nur Zawani Rosli (IMR)
COVID-19 is well on its way but the response • Saiful Adli Suhaimi (IPTK)
from the public has been rather lukewarm. • Norbaidurah Ithnain (IPTK)
• Mohd Hatta bin Abdul Mutalip (IKU)
To date, almost 3 million people have • Dr Mohd Aizuddin Abdul
received their vaccine (first and second Rahman(ICR)
doses). The Occupational Safety and Health Unit (UKKP) took the lead in the • Norazlina Zainudin (NIH Library)
vaccination for the staff of National Institutes of Health. It was meticulously • Dr Datin Mona Lisa Md. Rasip (UKKP)
planned and ran smoothly and is currently still on going. • Dr Awatef Amer Nordin (IPSK)
• Dr. Zalilah Abdullah (IPSK)
In this edition of our bulletin, we continue to highlight NIH’s contribution • Pn. Nurul Salwana Abu Bakar (IPSK)
to COVID-19 pandemic, the success of carrying out the National Health and • Dr. Siti Fazira Edzua Jamaludin
Morbidity Survey 2020 and many others. (IPSK)
• Dr. Zulkarnain Abdul Karim (IPSK)
The battle against COVID-19 is nowhere near over and as frustrating as it may
seem, we must stay resilient mentally, physically and spiritually. Let us all do our
part in fighting the pandemic by strictly adhering to SOPs, getting vaccinated,
educating our friends, relatives and the public on the importance of public
health measures and combating fake news that is spreading through social
media like wildfire.

Knowledge is power.

We have to talk the talk and walk the walk.

#Lockdownkendiri
#Frontlinersudahpenat
#Jomvaksin
#Kitateguhkitamenang

Dr Sunita Shanmugam
Institute for Health Management
National Institutes of Health
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