Demystifing eczema


The National Eczema Awareness Month 2014 expert committee: (fromleft): Dr Leong Kin Fon, Dr Sabeera Begum, Dr Najeeb Safdar, Dr Anjli Doshi-Gandhi, Prof Dr Adelaide Ann Hebert and Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail, together with general manager of A. Menarini, Cheah Chor Eng.

Malaysia launches its first-ever national eczema awareness month.

IT is estimated that one in five (20%) primary school children under the age of five in Malaysia, as well as one in 12 adults suffer from eczema, a skin condition that manifests as an itchy rash.

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