Category: Community
Growing impact of NCDs on Malaysia’s healthcare services, workers’ wellness
The recent increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cases, not just in Malaysia but globally, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is something International SOS, a Singapore/London-headquartered security and health services company, predicted. In line with this, International SOS […]
Getting to the root of obesity problem in Southeast Asia – EU-AB
The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC), an advocacy organization representing the interests of European firms operating in Southeast Asia, recently produced a paper addressing the increasing prevalence of obesity in Southeast Asia in collaboration with Novo Nordisk Southeast Asia. “Battling Obesity […]
International Nurses Day: Celebrating Malaysian nurses
As Malaysia’s economy returns to “normalcy,” the healthcare sector prepares to implement pandemic-related lessons. Unavoidably, healthcare professionals such as nurses throughout the country are once again confronted with challenges of rising living costs and prospects for advancement, prompting a number […]
Health cost of air pollution in the Philippines
The Philippines, one of Asia’s strongest economies, is beleaguered by low wages in the country’s capital city of Php 570 (about US$ 10.3), which, according to Ibon Foundation data, is less than half the required Php 1,087 living wage for […]
Collaboration to promote safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care in Malaysia
According to available data, 9 out of 10 people worldwide do not have access to basic surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. As a result, initiatives to improve access to high-quality surgical care are more important than ever. The […]
Oral health access inequality bites half of the world’s population – report
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recently published Global Oral Health Status Report, 45% of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people, suffer from oral diseases, with three out of every four affected people living in low- and middle-income […]
Malaysia’s first public-private child care centre opens in Penang
A new public-private child care centre is set to open in Batu Kawan, Penang, in December 2022, borne of a joint partnership between Micron Technology, an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, the Penang State Government and TalentCorp. […]
FDA approves artificial meat for human consumption
US regulators have just approved the culture and use of meat made from animal cells – the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have deemed the meat product safe for humans to eat. The lab-grown invention was developed by Upside […]
100 million Covid vaccine shots destroyed in India
The Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to dump 100 million doses of their now-expired COVID-19 vaccine. SII, the world’s largest vaccine maker, stopped producing the locally-administered Covishield vaccine in December last year due to low demand. “… people […]
Survey finds financial burdens hinder the treatment of psoriasis
Many Malaysians suffering from psoriasis have said financial woes due to treatment costs influences their adherence to treatment, according to an international joint survey on psoriasis patients in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Malaysia known as the “Psoriasis Patient Access […]
