Public Education and National Registry for Zika

Debated in Parliament on 13 Sep 2016.

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Multiple MPs raised concerns about tracking Zika’s impact, including calls for a National Zika Registry, screening for pregnant women, and support for families with infants affected by microcephaly.
Questions were posed on offering free Zika screening to affected areas, providing support to suspected pregnant cases, and sharing lessons from managing recent Zika incidents.
Suggestions included raising public awareness about Zika’s effects on pregnant women, implementing temperature-taking in high-risk worker dormitories, and using traditional media to separate myths from facts.

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Alex Yam

Mr Alex Yam asked the Minister for Health (a) whether Ministry will consider setting up a National Zika Registry much like the Zika Active Pregnancy Surveillance System (ZAPSS) that was set up in the aftermath of the Puerto Rico Zika outbreak to track the effects of Zika on mothers and infants as well as otherwise healthy adults; (b) whether the Ministry will encourage screening of pregnant mothers; and (c) whether the Ministry will provide support to families with microcephalitic infants due to Zika.

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Multiple MPs raised concerns about tracking Zika’s impact, including calls for a National Zika Registry, screening for pregnant women, and support for families with infants affected by microcephaly.
Questions were posed on offering free Zika screening to affected areas, providing support to suspected pregnant cases, and sharing lessons from managing recent Zika incidents.
Suggestions included raising public awareness about Zika’s effects on pregnant women, implementing temperature-taking in high-risk worker dormitories, and using traditional media to separate myths from facts.

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Public Education and National Registry for Zika

Debated in Parliament on 13 Sep 2016.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Multiple MPs raised concerns about tracking Zika’s impact, including calls for a National Zika Registry, screening for pregnant women, and support for families with infants affected by microcephaly.
Questions were posed on offering free Zika screening to affected areas, providing support to suspected pregnant cases, and sharing lessons from managing recent Zika incidents.
Suggestions included raising public awareness about Zika’s effects on pregnant women, implementing temperature-taking in high-risk worker dormitories, and using traditional media to separate myths from facts.

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Alex Yam

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Multiple MPs raised concerns about tracking Zika’s impact, including calls for a National Zika Registry, screening for pregnant women, and support for families with infants affected by microcephaly.
Questions were posed on offering free Zika screening to affected areas, providing support to suspected pregnant cases, and sharing lessons from managing recent Zika incidents.
Suggestions included raising public awareness about Zika’s effects on pregnant women, implementing temperature-taking in high-risk worker dormitories, and using traditional media to separate myths from facts.

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Public Education and National Registry for Zika

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Tin Pei Ling

Christopher de Souza

Assoc Prof Daniel Goh Pei Siong

Png Eng Huat

The Minister for Health (Mr Gan Kim Yong)

Mdm Speaker