2 September 2026
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.
Tag: non-communicable disease (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
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
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.
1 July 2026
Making free drinking water available in restaurants is one of the simplest public health interventions we can implement. It is practical, affordable, and fair.
29 June 2026
Policy briefs launched by National Cancer Society Malaysia and Boehringer Ingelheim highlights significant rates of co-existing cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases among Malaysians.
25 June 2026
Letter
The Corporate Scalpel: How Malaysia’s Private Hospitals Are Quietly Reshaping The Fight Against NCDs — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam
The old caricature of private health care as an exclusive sanctuary for the wealthy – selling speed, reassurance and escape from public friction – is no longer the whole truth.
24 June 2026
Letter
The Couch Is The Killer: Why Malaysia Must Redesign Movement, Not Just Medicine — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam
Malaysia is the fattest nation in Southeast Asia, and we are paying for it with kidneys that fail, hearts that give out, and a public health system that is buckling under the weight of preventable illness.
22 June 2026
Letter
Caught Between Ayam Gepuk And Weight Loss Injections: A Public Health Warning For Malaysia’s Youth — Nor Zehan Ahmad, Dr Noor Hanita Zaini & Dr Noor Hasliza Che Seman
The generation caught between ayam gepuk and weight-loss injections should not be blamed. It is a generation growing up in a complex health environment. The real issue is not that young people enjoy food, but that insecurity has become a market.
19 June 2026
Letter
Defusing The Bomb: Fixing Malaysia’s NCD Crisis Before It’s Too Late — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam
Every ringgit we continue to pour into sugar subsidies is a ringgit stolen from dialysis chairs, from cancer treatment, from the nurses and doctors who hold the system together.