In Malaysia, one of the programs organized by Ministry Rural and Regional Development to reduce hardcore poverty rates among indigenous community Orang Asli is Income Increment Program (IIP). To ensure program implemented beneficial accepted, community's perception important study. This study aims identify participants towards IIP, as well socioeconomic status respondents. A total 110 who parti...

Entrepreneurship provides an essential business opportunity to contribute the economy and development of a nation. Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA) has encouraged be more active in business, especially tourism. However, only 318 were registered as indigenous entrepreneurs with JAKOA from 2016 2020 whose businesses are still today. Therefore, this study aims understand what may motivate becom...

The Malaysian land law provides that the title shall be indefeasible upon registration and security of tenure is guaranteed. However, for Orang Asli, Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 (Act 134) only declares a communal right to native them live revoke declaration vested in government. It now left court's decision case decide fate Aslis' rights land. This article aims examine involuntary resettlement ...

In April 2004, an outbreak of acute diarrheal illness occurred among the Orang Asli (aborigine) in the Cameron Highlands, Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia, where rotavirus was later implicated as the cause. In the course of the epidemic investigation, stool samples were collected and examined for infectious agents including parasites. Soil transmitted helminthes (STH), namely Ascaris lumbricoi...

A study on risk factors of soil-transmitted helminths was conducted in a highly endemic area. In all 205 children (95 boys and 110 girls) participated in this study. The overall prevalences of Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm infection were 62.5%, 91.7% and 28.8% respectively. Only 22.4% of the children had a single infection either by Ascaris or Trichuris; 69.3% had mixed infection and the most...

Currently, information on prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among different tribes of Orang Asli (aboriginal) is scarce in Malaysia. The present study is a cross-sectional study aimed at determining the factors associated with the prevalence of STH infections among the Proto-Malay, Negrito and Senoi tribes. Faecal samples were collected from 500 participants and socioecon...

A malaria survey was conducted to examine the presence of common clinical features of malaria in individuals living in an endemic area of malaria. The overall infection rate was 11.0% with 7.5% and 3.5% infected with Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum respectively. The mean parasitaemia level of both species was 2905.9 parasites/microliter blood, with the mean parasitaemia level of P. v...