health literacy Archives

29 July 2026

World

APSMI Calls For Stronger Health Literacy As The Foundation For Responsible Self-Care Across Asia-Pacific

Self-care is defined as the ability of individuals, families, and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain well-being, and manage health conditions, with or without the support of health care professionals.

20 May 2026

Malaysia

Multilingual Clinic Appointment Cards Ensure Continuity Of Care, Says Contributor

A contributor who was directly involved in the National Health Literacy Policy drafted by MOH and WHO defends the use of Chinese-language clinic appointment cards to ensure continuity of care. Diseases don't recognise race, religion or political ideology.

16 December 2025

Letter

Resetting Malaysia’s Health Future: Making Diabetes Prevention National Policy — Dr Dicky Ng & Dr Chow Sze Loon

Malaysia should expand taxable SSB products to cover sweetened milk drinks, flavoured coffees, 3-in-1 beverages, energy drinks, and high-sugar syrups; adopt a tiered sugar tax; and ring-fence SSB revenue for prevention, including school health programmes.

8 November 2024

Malaysia

UMMC Epidemiologist Touts Art, Drama To Bridge Cancer Literacy Gap

UMMC’s Prof Dr Nirmala Bhoo Pathy calls for the use of art and drama, or even TikTok, to help cancer patients better understand their diagnosis and treatments, taking a leaf from HIV awareness campaigns that have used theatre for the community for decades.

17 September 2024

Letter

Integrating Health Literacy Into Daily Nursing Care: A Guide To Empowering Patients — Harjit Kaur

Efforts to educate and empower patients are impactful and help them take an active role in their own care.

19 April 2023

Malaysia

How Covid Education Programmes Were Repurposed For Cancer – With Beauticians And Barbers

NCSM repurposed tactics from its Covid vaccination campaign by getting beauty salons and barber shops to educate their customers about cancer. Risk reduction strategies, says NCSM, must be in youth and sports, schools and communities, not with clinicians.

12 June 2020

Malaysia

One In Five Malaysians Don’t Enjoy Good Health: NHMS

Only six out of 10 Malaysians seek professional care after falling sick.

1 June 2020

Letter

What Does It Take To Change The Behaviour Of Malaysians? — Dr Feisul Mustapha

We are faced with an NCD epidemic in Malaysia -- unfortunately, there's no sense of urgency (unlike Covid-19).

Tag: health literacy

APSMI Calls For Stronger Health Literacy As The Foundation For Responsible Self-Care Across Asia-Pacific

Multilingual Clinic Appointment Cards Ensure Continuity Of Care, Says Contributor

Resetting Malaysia’s Health Future: Making Diabetes Prevention National Policy — Dr Dicky Ng & Dr Chow Sze Loon

UMMC Epidemiologist Touts Art, Drama To Bridge Cancer Literacy Gap

Integrating Health Literacy Into Daily Nursing Care: A Guide To Empowering Patients — Harjit Kaur

How Covid Education Programmes Were Repurposed For Cancer – With Beauticians And Barbers

One In Five Malaysians Don’t Enjoy Good Health: NHMS

What Does It Take To Change The Behaviour Of Malaysians? — Dr Feisul Mustapha

HSAJB Probes Doctor’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Anaesthesiologist

Malaysian Medical Negligence Damages Still Too Low: Lawyer

Universiti Malaya’s Nirmala Appointed To WHO Science Council

Why Malaysia’s Health Care Financing Model Is Mathematically Unsustainable

I Hope Medicine Is Kind To You — Dr Loshi Rajen