Natural Health October 2017
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NEWS & Events<br />
Malaysian Red Crescent Society<br />
launches country’s first ever<br />
First Aid App in partnership with<br />
Prudence Foundation<br />
3 Aug: The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (“MRCS”),<br />
with support from the International Federation of Red Cross<br />
and Red Crescent Societies (“IFRC”), launched the country’s<br />
first ever First Aid mobile application. The MRCS First Aid<br />
app contains information on everyday first aid scenarios,<br />
with tips on how to respond to emergencies ranging from<br />
burns and broken bones to asthma attacks. The application,<br />
which will be available for free on the Play Store and App<br />
Store, hopes to reach the estimated 17 million smartphone<br />
users in the country.<br />
VISTA launches new Air Itam<br />
eye centre<br />
15 July: VISTA Eye Specialist (VISTA) launched a<br />
new VISTA eye specialist clinic at Air Itam; providing<br />
comprehensive eye screening and vision correction<br />
solutions to help bring even more people's vision 'from<br />
blur to clear'. The opening follows the recent launch of<br />
its umbrella Corporate Social Responsibility campaign,<br />
“VISTA See Malaysia from Blur to Clear”, which aims<br />
to help more Malaysians attain visual freedom and<br />
enhance public awareness of preventable blindness<br />
caused by cataract. The multi-pronged campaign will<br />
see VISTA fulfilling its pledge to give away free 100<br />
eyes of cataract procedures to 50 patients in need, as<br />
well as kicking off the VISTA Youth Challenge and VISTA<br />
Eye Carnivals with eye screenings to the public.<br />
Industry leaders join the fight<br />
against dengue, Malaysia’s<br />
number one health concern<br />
6 Sept: The South<br />
East Asia (SEA)<br />
Dengue Survey, a<br />
first-of-its-kind survey<br />
commissioned by<br />
GlaxoSmithKline<br />
(GSK) Consumer<br />
<strong>Health</strong>care, also<br />
revealed that despite<br />
widespread concern,<br />
understanding of<br />
the risks, symptoms<br />
and management of<br />
dengue is severely lacking – just over half of individuals<br />
surveyed described themselves as knowledgeable in<br />
recognising the symptoms, and only 33% are aware<br />
that there is no cure.<br />
12November<br />
World<br />
Pneumonia Day<br />
CALENDAR OF EVENTS<br />
20November<br />
World<br />
Children's Day<br />
14November<br />
World Diabetes Day<br />
58 <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> * <strong>October</strong> <strong>2017</strong> VOL 84
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