Saturday afternoon, 3rd March 2018 212 family physicians and some Nurses from the Parkway Hospitals participated at our first 2018 teaching seminar entitled “ Vaccine Update: Strategy For Special Populations”. It
Our ID Specialists, Dr Lam and Dr Wong had a CNY open house on 24th February afternoon. There were lots of CNY goodies and even halal dim sum for our Muslim
January 2018 Everyone at the IDS clinics finished their clinic work quickly to get to Shangri -La Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa by 12 noon on 25th January for the
August 2017 – Antimicrobial Resistance: The Way Forward 2017 (Part II) In this second article, the focus will be on specific areas that the various stakeholders should undertake in the
August 2017- Antimicrobial Resistance: The Way Forward 2017 (Part I) Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a micro-organism (like bacteria, virus or parasite) to stop an antimicrobial (antibiotic,
August 2017 – Zika Infection In Singapore 1 Year On Clusters of locally transmitted Zika infection were first reported in August 2016 and a total of 458 cases of Zika
July 2017 – Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) For HIV Infection In September 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that oral PrEP be offered as an additional prevention choice for persons
7th September 2016 In the past 10 days, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has notified the public that there has been local transmission of Zika virus in 3 main areas
Update on Zika Virus March 2016 2016 has seen an unexpected explosive pandemic of the Zika virus in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. It has been characterised by
Latent Tuberculosis And The Risk Of Active Tuberculosis It has been estimated by WHO that up to one third of the world’s population (2 billion) have latent tuberculosis. Latent tuberculosis
Recent Human Respiratory Viruses of Epidemic and Pandemic Potential Respiratory viruses causing human epidemics and pandemics have been a recurrent occurrence since the dawn of time. Many of these emerging
Sepsis: What’s New Sepsis in simple terms may be described as a syndrome of severe infection with organ dysfunction. Significant progress has been made in the past decade in managing
