Intestinal parasitic infections amongst Orang Asli (indigenous) in Malaysia: has socioeconomic development alleviated the problem?

• Main Authors: Lim, Y.A.L., Romano, N., Colin, N., Chow, S.C., Smith, H.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4116/1/16.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4116/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19901897
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Orang Asli are the indigenous minority peoples of peninsular Malaysia. Despite proactive socioeconomic development initiated by the Malaysian Government in upgrading the quality of life of the Orang Asli communities since 1978, they still remained poor with a current poverty rate of 76.9. Poverty ex...