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Exemplary efforts by Health Ministry to curb smoking

LETTER | 20,000 people in Malaysia die each year from diseases related to smoking.

Imunisasi terbukti, tapi tak boleh paksa ibu bapa, kata timbalan menteri

Timbalan menteri berkata kerajaan tidak bercadang mewajibkan ibu bapa memastikan bayi menerima suntikan imunisasi.

Dr M ordered all states to raise minimum marriage age to 18, Penang exco reveals | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has issued a directive ordering all state governments in Malaysia to raise the legal minimum marriage age to 18 years for Muslims and non-Muslims, a state executive co…

Health and beauty retailer launches pink ribbon campaign - Metro News | The Star Online http://po.st/trdJfF via @staronline

BREAST cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide.

Letter: Appreciate housemanship training

From DR SCHEE JIE PING of Kuala Lumpur.

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Keeping Labuan free from TB | Daily Express Newspaper Online

Labuan: The Labuan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis (LAPTB) is committed to making the island tuberculosis-free through various initiatives.

Disgruntled Pasir Gudang folks want priority for hospital, not 'crooked' bridge

Protect public health policies from vested interests, says council

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control has urged the government to protect public health policies from commercial and other vested interests.

B40 national healthcare plan will be included in Budget 2019 — MoH - The Edge Markets

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The Ministry of Health (MoH) will establish a national healthcare policy that will include a national healthcare financing scheme for the B40 income group, which refers to the bottom 40% of households with…

Health Ministry seizes unregistered medicines worth RM25.7m | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — The Health Ministry seized unregistered medicines worth RM25.7 million after carrying out more than 1,000 raids nationwide from January to September this year. Its pharmacy enforcement division deputy direc…

IJN to have three branches out of KL - Nation | The Star Online http://po.st/AL3vn7 via @staronline

IJN chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Azhari Yakub said the hospital intended to set up branches in the northern, central and southern regions of the peninsula.

Johor baby dies of diphtheria, wasn't vaccinated

Applying physics to healthcare

IF you are a fresh graduate thinking of taking up medical physics, what better than to ask the ‘sifu’ himself.

Kenyataan Akhbar KPK 17 Oktober 2018 - Kematian Kes Disyaki Jangkitan Difteria Di Daerah Johor Bahru, Johor…

Kenyataan Akhbar KPK 17 Oktober 2018 - Kematian Kes Disyaki Jangkitan Difteria Di Daerah Johor Bahru, Johor https://t.co/lid1SluNqZ via @DGHisham

MERCY Malaysia moves into recovery phase in Palu - Nation | The Star Online http://po.st/s5ANtZ via @staronline

KUALA LUMPUR: Aid organisation MERCY Malaysia has started the construction of temporary shelters and communal toilets for communities affected by tsunami and earthquake-struck Palu and Donggala in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Health Ministry: Cigarette prices go up next month | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad today said that the price of cigarettes will be increased across the board within a month following the implementation of the Sales and Services Tax (SST). Dzulkef…

Eateries fear customers will vanish in a puff of smoke | Malay Mail

IPOH, Oct 17 — Several restaurant owners and hawkers worry that a smoking ban at open-air eateries will turn away patrons who light up, their primary customer base. Ipoh Rumpun restaurant owner Muhammad Noor Ghazali said that the…

Cigarette prices to go up, minimum age to buy alcohol raised to 21

UPDATED 1.50PM | Shops selling alcohol must also display a warning sign about its health effects, Dzulkefly says.

Mitsui expands health care business in Asia

Investment in hospital operators opens doors in Southeast Asia and beyond

Mercy Malaysia’s mobile clinics bring healing to Palu https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/mercy-malaysia-s-mobile-clinics-bring-healing-palu?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shared&utm_source=twitter.com via @reliefweb

English News and Press Release on Indonesia about Health, Logistics and Telecommunications, Earthquake and Tsunami; published on 07 Oct 2018 by MERCY Malaysia

You Can Still Vape Without Nicotine In Eateries Despite The 2019 Smoking Ban via @saysdotcom

The government has yet to look into drawing up a law to control vaping.

Syed Saddiq talks up importance of mental health | theSundaily

Health Ministry sets up special inquiry to probe sexual abuse | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 — The Health Ministry has set up a special inquiry to probe the information obtained by an independent body on allegations of sexual harassment against housemen by a department head at a hospital in the Klang Va…