Medical students join war on dengue

Starting with the young. Taylor’s University, School of Medicine students engaging with the children of Taman Putra Damai to share information on about dengue.

STUDENTS from the Taylor’s University School of Medicine (SOM) have been on a mission to empower the community of Taman Putra Damai to combat future dengue occurrences.

The campaign is timely with Malaysia recording a total of 96,222 dengue cases with 263 deaths, as of Oct 17, 2015, a 19.4% jump compared to 2014.