MYSOMOI-IIUM COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMME 2023 REPORT

10 September 2023, at Kuantan City Mall

Summary of the Event:

Event’s Name:             Pacific Partnership 2023, Kuantan, Pahang (Medical Engagement)        

    On 10th September 2023, MySOMOI joined forces with the Pacific Partnership organisers and took part in a community outreach programme in Kuantan, Pahang. Together with Kulliyyah of Dentistry of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), MySOMOI joined forces in the exhibition part at the busy Kuantan City Mall to promote oral healthcare to visitors. The Pacific Partnership Exercise, a joint programme between the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), the United States Pacific Fleet, and the Ministry of Health, represented by Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pahang as well as the International Islamic University Malaysia, was held from May 5th until May 15th, 2023.  This program aimed to implement humanitarian aid missions for the Asia Pacific Region and increase the capability and mutual service of the armed forces, government, and non-government agencies of the countries involved in humanitarian aid missions.  The event started with a welcoming remark from Dr. Aida Nur Sharini Mohd. Shah, the coordinator of IIUM Poison Unit.  More than a hundred visitors of all ages had free medical and dental check-ups, winning prizes in the quizzes and learning more about their health.

    MySOMOI would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Khairul Bariah Chi Adam from Kulliyyah of Dentistry, IIUM, for coordinating our event.  MySOMOI also received sponsorship from Haleon for the quiz prizes.

    For more news about the Pacific Partnership Exercise: https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/Spotlight/Article/3517403/pacific-partnership-2023-arrives-in-malaysia/

    Photos from MySOMOI booth and other exhibitors

    Fig F1. HALEON sponsored toothpastes for MySOMOI.

    Fig F2. MySOMOI bunting and game poster.

    Fig F3. Blood pressure and glucose checkups by the US Navy

    Fig F4. Dean of Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, Professor Dr. Ahmad Aidil (third from right), visited the faculty’s booth

    Fig F5. A view from Kuantan City Mall’s corridor in the afternoon

    Fig F6. A view from the Kuantan City Mall’s corridor in the early Sunday morning

    Fig F7. A US Navy officer visited the Kulliyyah of Dentistry’s booth

    Fig F8. Blood group type check-up by the Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pahang

    Fig F9. Before the event started

    Fig F10. The Malaysian Armed Forces assembling their dental chairs for the dental check-ups

    Fig F11. A photo with the IIUM, US Army, and Malaysian Army Force dental team. Far left, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haikal Halil, Dean of Kulliyyah of Dentistry

    Fig F12. Booth by the Department of Optometry, IIUM

    Fig F13. Young children and adolescents were amongst the celebrated visitors on that day

    Fig F14. A visitor undergoing a free blood pressure checkup by the US Navy medical team

    Reported by,

    Chia Wei Cheah (UM) and Intan Azura Shahdan (IIUM)