World Health Organization Archives

14 July 2023

WHO Maintains Aspartame Safe For Moderate Consumption, Review Finds Limited Cancer Link

WHO is not recommending the withdrawal of products containing aspartame, as a safety review classified the sweetener as possibly carcinogenic to humans, specifically for liver cancer, based on "limited evidence". Acceptable daily intake remains the same.

8 May 2023

Malaysia

MOH To Review Malaysia’s Covid Epidemic Mid-June, After WHO Ends PHEIC Declaration

The Ministry of Health will implement Covid-19 control measures based on existing protocols until mid-June, while updating the country’s guidelines in line with WHO recommendations for long-term pandemic management.

14 December 2022

Malaysia

DG Hisham Heads New WHO Pandemic Response Committee

Malaysia’s Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah is chair of the World Health Organization’s new Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response.

24 May 2022

Letter

Khairy Now Obliged To Uphold Malaysia’s Reputation Of Among World’s Best Health Care Systems – MMA

While Malaysia's health care system is still among the best in the world, many would agree that it is ageing, and there is a lot of room for improvement.

24 May 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia To Raise Funding To WHO By 40%

Malaysia’s contributions to WHO for 2022-2023 are about RM14mil, which the government has agreed to increase by 20% to RM16.8mil for 2024-2025 and by 40% to RM19.6mil for 2028-2029, based on current exchange rates.

23 May 2022

Malaysia

MP Wants Travel Guidelines To Prevent Monkeypox Outbreak In Malaysia

Dr Kelvin Yii urges vaccination for Malaysian travellers to countries affected by monkeypox, monitoring incoming travellers, and possible quarantine to prevent local transmission.

23 May 2022

World

WHO: Monkeypox Cases To Rise In Non-Endemic Countries

The UK Health Security Agency says a “notable proportion” of recent monkeypox cases in UK and Europe were detected in gay and bisexual men, urging this community to be alert and to seek help if concerned.

23 May 2022

Malaysia

Khairy Elected World Health Assembly Vice-President

Djibouti was elected as president of the 75th World Health Assembly; vice-presidents were elected from Malaysia, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Togo, and the United States.

27 April 2022

Opinion

World Health Day: Our Planet, Our Health

Human health, animal health, and environmental health are inextricably linked to each other.

18 April 2022

World

WHO: No Changes In Omicron BA.4, BA.5 Severity And Transmissibility So Far

WHO emphasised the need to maintain “robust” genome surveillance systems that will allow countries to track and analyse the two Omicron subvariants.

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WHO Maintains Aspartame Safe For Moderate Consumption, Review Finds Limited Cancer Link

MOH To Review Malaysia’s Covid Epidemic Mid-June, After WHO Ends PHEIC Declaration

DG Hisham Heads New WHO Pandemic Response Committee

Khairy Now Obliged To Uphold Malaysia’s Reputation Of Among World’s Best Health Care Systems – MMA

Malaysia To Raise Funding To WHO By 40%

MP Wants Travel Guidelines To Prevent Monkeypox Outbreak In Malaysia

WHO: Monkeypox Cases To Rise In Non-Endemic Countries

Khairy Elected World Health Assembly Vice-President

World Health Day: Our Planet, Our Health

WHO: No Changes In Omicron BA.4, BA.5 Severity And Transmissibility So Far

Landmark UN Report Highlights Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition For Drug Offences

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

The Suffering Family Medical Practitioner — Dr Sng Kim Hock

MOH Places 40% Cap On Foreign Nurses In Private Health Care Facilities