non-communicable disease (NCDs) Archives

13 October 2026

Letter

Budget 2027: Missed Opportunity To Prioritise Malaysians’ Health — MyWatch

Perhaps the most glaring disappointment is the absence of any further increase in tobacco excise duties. We are equally dismayed by the absence of a clear commitment to ban the commercial sale and distribution of recreational vaping products.

12 October 2026

Letter

Budget 2027 Can Detect NCDs. Who Is Paid To Prevent Them? — Muhammad Hafeez Basri

When Malaysia grows old, the measure of its health policy will not be how many diseases it detects, but how many people it helps stay on their feet.

9 October 2026

Opinion

Budget 2027 Omits NCD Control, Health Workforce Reforms

The Galen Centre says regularising existing doctors with permanent positions doesn't increase the actual number of HCPs. Budget 2027 omitted a multi-year recruitment and retention programme. Sugar subsidies were kept, while tobacco taxes weren't raised.

9 October 2026

Letter

Ending Contract Doctor System Welcomed, But Health Workforce Retention Needed — MMA

Abolishing the contract doctor system is a significant milestone, but Budget 2027 should have introduced a comprehensive health workforce retention strategy, including specialist doctors, says MMA. The revised RM100 FDS incentive remains inadequate.

8 October 2026

Letter

Budget 2027 As An Opportunity To Build A Culture Of Health — Dr Kuljit Singh

Making healthier choices the easier choice will, in the long term, meaningfully reduce both the burden and the cost on our health care system.

22 September 2026

Letter

RSV Vaccines Work, But Older Malaysians Are Being Left Behind — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin & Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus

For an elderly Malaysian living with heart disease, COPD, or diabetes, an RSV infection is rarely "just a cold": it is often the silent trigger for severe respiratory distress, ICU admission, and loss of independence.

2 September 2026

Letter

MDA Welcomes Proposal To Expand Dental Care Under Peka B40 — Dr Chong Zhen Feng

Providing access to preventive and early dental care can reduce avoidable disease, address health inequalities, and support the government's wider efforts in tackling NCDs.

18 August 2026

Letter

The MediAsas Mirage: How Malaysia’s Flagship Health Plan Betrayed Its Promise To The Chronically Ill — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam

The betrayal of the chronically ill is not merely a failure of MediAsas' product design. It is a failure of political will – a refusal to confront the uncomfortable truth that voluntary, market-driven insurance cannot deliver universal protection.

7 August 2026

Malaysia

Experts: TB Elimination Requires Finding Patients Before They Become Sick

TB elimination requires finding infection before illness, not just treating disease after symptoms appear. Experts urge active case finding, preventive treatment, AI-assisted screening, and integrated testing to stop transmission earlier.

6 August 2026

Letter

CPR For The Ministry Of Health — Anonymous Specialist

To drive the resuscitation and transformation of MOH we need to remove it from politics. The change must not be led by politicians, but by an empowered task force of health care professionals, without those who have a vested interest in the private sector.

Tag: non-communicable disease (NCDs)

Budget 2027: Missed Opportunity To Prioritise Malaysians’ Health — MyWatch

Budget 2027 Can Detect NCDs. Who Is Paid To Prevent Them? — Muhammad Hafeez Basri

Budget 2027 Omits NCD Control, Health Workforce Reforms

Ending Contract Doctor System Welcomed, But Health Workforce Retention Needed — MMA

Budget 2027 As An Opportunity To Build A Culture Of Health — Dr Kuljit Singh

RSV Vaccines Work, But Older Malaysians Are Being Left Behind — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin & Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus

MDA Welcomes Proposal To Expand Dental Care Under Peka B40 — Dr Chong Zhen Feng

The MediAsas Mirage: How Malaysia’s Flagship Health Plan Betrayed Its Promise To The Chronically Ill — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam

Experts: TB Elimination Requires Finding Patients Before They Become Sick

CPR For The Ministry Of Health — Anonymous Specialist

After 36% Doctor No-Shows In Borneo, Dzulkefly Announces 30% Quota For Specialisation

AIA Excluding Individual IHH Consultants From Panel On ‘Purely Commercial’ Basis: IHH

Budget 2027: Permanent Appointments For Doctors In 2027 After Housemanship

Government Abolishes Madani Medical Scheme Under Budget 2027

Sarawak ‘Infamous’ For Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Says Expert