1 November 2022
The Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity points to a genetic code designed for famine and the discovery of processed food that makes excess body weight “very hard to reverse”.
Tag: non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
26 October 2022
The programme provides structure to help build healthy habits like good nutrition, exercise, and continuous glucose monitoring, which are important to help control type 2 diabetes and glucose management.
25 October 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic made it easier for people to stay at home, wear masks, use check-in apps, and get vaccines.
21 October 2022
Dr Lim Soo Kun from University of Malaya Specialist Centre says public hospitals should get bigger budgets if their programmes are able to curb chronic conditions.
20 October 2022
What the Galen Centre thinks is needed from the new government to ensure a healthier population, supported by high quality health and social care.
8 October 2022
MOH’s allocation of services and supplies for psychiatry and mental health were cut by RM580,000, while the health education budget suffered a 15% cut (RM9 mil). Peka B40 lost RM5 mil.
5 October 2022
An adequate and responsive budget is essential to support the transformation to a more sustainable and effective health system.
12 September 2022
Letter
CKD: Disease Burden And Impact On Health Care From A Public Health Perspective — Dr Ghazali Ahmad
Public health needs and disease burden should be tackled and managed at the community level by public health experts and practitioners.
19 August 2022
Getting buy-ins from stakeholders has proven to be a “challenge” with MOH’s proposed “generation end game” to smoking. Making the case to prevent diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in Malaysia won’t be any easier.
15 August 2022
MOH deputy director for national health financing Dr Muhammed Anis admits trust issues between public and private health care providers and says MOH also must be more transparent with data.