Notifiable Disease In Malaysia Form

Public health class i notifiable diseases order 2003.

Notifiable disease in malaysia form. The incidence of leptospirosis was not well documented in malaysia due to it not being a notifiable disease previously. How to notify infectious diseases nbsp. 61 of 2003 this form must be completed immediately by the health care provider who diagnosed the condition please mark applicable areas with an x health facility name with provincial prefix health facility contact number health sub district. Medical practitioners are also advised to report other diseases and conditions that are.

Public health class i notifiable diseases order 2003. Currently available leptospirosis country data for malaysia is based on the report of morbidity and mortality for ministry of health hospitals. In accordance with the prevention and control of disease ordinance cap 599 there are 51 notifiable infectious diseases. 1 every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from an infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the director may require.

The most recent amendment to the regulations is the infectious diseases amendment regulations 2020 s i. Notifiable medical conditions nmc case notification form section 90 1 j k and w of national health act 2003 act no. The list of diseases and their respective causative pathogens that are notifiable is contained in the infectious diseases regulations 1981 and subsequent amendments. Selangor contributed the highest number of noti cations of infectious diseases in malaysia during 2012 30.

Diseases act notification of infectious diseases 6. Form for registered medical practitioners suspected case of reportable disease. The top 5 noti ed diseases were dengue tuberculosis hand foot and mouth disease hfmd measles and food poisoning. Diseases act notification of infectious diseases 6 1 every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from a prescribed infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the director.

All registered medical practitioners are required to notify the centre for health protection all suspected or confirmed cases of these diseases. Legal document 01 january 2003 download. On 29 january 2020 human coronavirus with pandemic potential was declared an urgently notifiable disease under part 9 of the public health act 2016 this includes notification of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus 2019 2019 ncov.