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About Us - History
PART I
The formation of the Society was conceived in 1962 at the
UNECSO-sponsored Regional Meeting on “ Scientific Knowledge
on Tropical Parasites” hosted by the Government of Singapore in
November 1962. Professor R.S. Desowitz and his collegues from
the Department of Parasitology, University of Singapore, were
responsible for its organization. A small committee was set up to
draft a constitution for the formation of a local society of
parasitologists.
The inaugural meeting of the Malaysian Society of Parasitologists
(as it was then called), was convened at the Institute for Medical
Research, Kuala Lumpur on the 10th of January 1964. The
constitution was approved and the first Council was elected. Dr. A.
A. Sandosham was elected as the first President of the Society.
The Scientific programmes at the beginning consisted of
laboratory demonstrations in parasitology which was set up at
6-monthly intervals alternating between Singapore and Kuala
Lumpur held under the auspices of the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, London and later undertaken solely by our
Society.
The scope and range of activities of the Society gradually
expanded and its membership increased. Along with the
laboratory demonstrations meetings, talks on various aspects of
parasitology were introduced. These were enlarged in scope and
range of interest to half-yearly seminars with several papers
being presented and discussed over a 2-day or even a 3-day
period. On occasions, seminars were devoted to specific topics
such as “Zoonoses”, “Rural Health Problems” and “Malaria”.
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PART I
The formation of the Society was conceived in 1962 at the
UNECSO-sponsored Regional Meeting on “ Scientific Knowledge
on Tropical Parasites” hosted by the Government of Singapore in
November 1962. Professor R.S. Desowitz and his collegues from
the Department of Parasitology, University of Singapore, were
responsible for its organization. A small committee was set up to
draft a constitution for the formation of a local society of
parasitologists.
The inaugural meeting of the Malaysian Society of Parasitologists
(as it was then called), was convened at the Institute for Medical
Research, Kuala Lumpur on the 10th of January 1964. The
constitution was approved and the first Council was elected. Dr. A.
A. Sandosham was elected as the first President of the Society.
The Scientific programmes at the beginning consisted of
laboratory demonstrations in parasitology which was set up at
6-monthly intervals alternating between Singapore and Kuala
Lumpur held under the auspices of the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, London and later undertaken solely by our
Society.
The scope and range of activities of the Society gradually
expanded and its membership increased. Along with the
laboratory demonstrations meetings, talks on various aspects of
parasitology were introduced. These were enlarged in scope and
range of interest to half-yearly seminars with several papers
being presented and discussed over a 2-day or even a 3-day
period. On occasions, seminars were devoted to specific topics
such as “Zoonoses”, “Rural Health Problems” and “Malaria”.
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