child stunting Archives

26 February 2026

Malaysia

Parliament Committee Calls For Milk Subsidy Over Sugar Subsidy To Tackle Child Stunting

The Women, Children and Community Development PSSC calls for targeted milk subsidies to prevent child stunting, citing no support for milk despite RM500 million annual sugar subsidies. MOH recommends 500ml daily intake for children aged two to five.

9 February 2026

Malaysia

Dzulkefly Disputes Malaysia’s 24% Childhood Stunting ‘Estimate’ From International Bodies

Dr Dzul disputes Malaysia's 24% childhood stunting rate in 2024 that he describes as an estimate from a WHO-Unicef-World Bank report. He says Malaysia's NHMS 2022 reported 21.2% stunted children, down from 21.8% in 2019, expecting a continued drop in 2026.

19 August 2025

Malaysia

MP’s Food Bank Project Helped Curb Child Stunting In Puchong

Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin highlights Malaysia's malnutrition crisis; nearly 1 in 4 children aged under 5 is stunted. She says her office's Kiddo Foodbank project helped reduce child stunting in Puchong that showed 35% child malnutrition in a 2023 screening.

26 July 2024

Letter

Not Just Height, But Also Not Just Nutrition: Dispelling The Myths Around Child Stunting — Derek Kok

Malaysia's under-5 child stunting prevalence rose to 21.2% in 2022, far worse than 7.4% in West Bank & Gaza. An expert lists stunting myths: only affects height, genetics, caused by a lack of food, can be remedied in later years of a child's development.

9 May 2024

Letter

Provide Childcare Allowance To All Mothers To Curb Child Malnutrition And Stunting — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Dr Amar-Singh HSS supports UNICEF's proposed childcare allowance for mothers from birth until the child reaches two years of age, but calls for it to be made available to all mothers, regardless of poverty levels, to curb child malnutrition and stunting.

14 November 2022

Malaysia

Muda Manifesto Touts Universal Free School Breakfast Programme

Muda’s GE15 manifesto says a universal approach in providing free school breakfasts for all primary school students across income groups prevents negative connotations in school.

3 October 2022

World

Five Ways Indonesia Is Tackling Under-Nutrition In Children

Stunting is a major problem in Indonesia, but one municipality is hoping to eliminate it in 2024.

9 August 2022

Letter

Is My Child Too Short? – Dr Wu Loo Ling

Over one in five (21.8 per cent) Malaysian children below the age of five is considered stunted.

29 November 2021

Malaysia

Selangor Budget 2022: Nutrition Programme To Tackle Child Stunting

Amirudin Shari also announced an allocation of RM200,000 under the state’s 2022 budget for eye screening of schoolchildren in Selangor after a year of virtual learning.

23 June 2020

Malaysia

Fight Poverty To Tackle Rising Child Stunting, Putrajaya Told

Poor maternal nutritional status, including the presence of anaemia, is linked to childhood stunting.

Tag: child stunting

Parliament Committee Calls For Milk Subsidy Over Sugar Subsidy To Tackle Child Stunting

Dzulkefly Disputes Malaysia’s 24% Childhood Stunting ‘Estimate’ From International Bodies

MP’s Food Bank Project Helped Curb Child Stunting In Puchong

Not Just Height, But Also Not Just Nutrition: Dispelling The Myths Around Child Stunting — Derek Kok

Provide Childcare Allowance To All Mothers To Curb Child Malnutrition And Stunting — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Muda Manifesto Touts Universal Free School Breakfast Programme

Five Ways Indonesia Is Tackling Under-Nutrition In Children

Is My Child Too Short? – Dr Wu Loo Ling

Selangor Budget 2022: Nutrition Programme To Tackle Child Stunting

Fight Poverty To Tackle Rising Child Stunting, Putrajaya Told

After 15 Years Of Training, This Is What A Subspecialist Doctor Earns In Malaysia — Physician

Master’s Graduates Run Hospitals On ‘Study Leave’ But Can’t Apply For Subspecialty Training — Physician

House Officers Are Treated Like Modern Slaves — Dr Ghazali Ahmad

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor

Beyond Turf: Safeguarding Malaysia’s Clinical Core Before It Thins — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin