World Health Organization Archives

24 May 2022

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.

7 January 2022

World

WHO: Omicron Less Severe Than Delta, But Not ‘Mild’

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the tsunami of Covid-19 cases is so huge and quick that it is overwhelming health systems around the world.

8 December 2021

Malaysia

WHO Regional Director ‘Impressed’ With Malaysia’s Covid-19 Response

WHO Western Pacific regional director Dr Takeshi Kasai received a presentation at MOH’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) about Malaysia’s new Heightened Alert System.

25 November 2021

World

WHO: Halt Children’s Covid-19 Vaccination Amid ‘Extreme Vaccine Shortages’

WHO tells countries with high vaccine coverage of high-risk populations to share vaccines with COVAX before vaccinating children and teens who face low risk for severe disease.

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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

WHO: Omicron Less Severe Than Delta, But Not ‘Mild’

WHO Regional Director ‘Impressed’ With Malaysia’s Covid-19 Response

WHO: Halt Children’s Covid-19 Vaccination Amid ‘Extreme Vaccine Shortages’

Tobacco Bill: Heated, But Not Burned

Despite Last-Minute Concessions, Anwar And Parliament Committees Want Tobacco Bill Deferred

Malaysia Lacks HIV Stories, While Successful Countries Struggle With Apathy

WHO: 35 Countries Want Access To Monkeypox Vaccine