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: PeKa B40
19 March 2025
The Peka B40 health screening rate has improved, with a national screening rate of 22% as of Jan 2025, up from 10% in 2022. Yet urban areas like Selangor (14%) and Kuala Lumpur (10.85%) lag behind, while smaller states and rural areas see stronger uptake.
24 November 2023
Tuaran MP Madius Tangau asks how Tuaran Hospital's ED could be staffed with only junior medical officers with under 2 years' experience, after MOH sent a specialist there following a misdiagnosis case. New services have opened up, but "there are no staff".
18 April 2023
Lack of patient awareness and the burden on hospitals to assist with applications have been cited as reasons for the low uptake of the Peka B40 completing cancer treatment incentive (CCTI).
23 March 2023
Setiu MP Shaharizukirnain Abdul Kadir calls for more funding and better communication for the Peka B40 health care scheme, which faced a RM5 million budget cut in the 2023 budget.
15 December 2022
MMA says including private GPs in NCD prevention and management will help spread patients out across clinics. Dr Milton Lum tells MPs to push Peka B40 screenings in their service centres.
18 November 2022
Howard Lee says elected reps need to drive public health campaigns as community leaders, citing Kinta Valley in Perak that saw high participation in the Peka B40 health screening programme.
27 June 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says many older Peka B40 beneficiaries declined to undergo breast or prostate examinations when it was explained to them how the cancer screenings would be performed.
20 May 2022
Women reported twice as many obesity cases as men, while Malays comprised two-thirds of overweight or obese beneficiaries.
19 May 2022
Dr Siti Mariah says Selangor Saring is meant to “supplement” the Peka B40 federal health screening scheme; Selangor Saring's free screenings are open to state residents across income levels.