Elderly should focus on their health

BY NUR FARIHAN RAZALI DALAT: Prevention is better than cure, advises Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “This is especially for the elderly. These people need to focus on their health. “This group also needs to be present when they have a health appointment at a hospital or clinic,” […]

When prevention is better than cure

WE are all familiar with the conventional saying that “prevention is better than cure”. In these times of uncertainty driven by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Russia- Ukraine conflict which threatens the world with a wider conflagration and has the potential to drag the whole world into a global wide conflict […]

Dangers of drug abuse: Prevention is better than cure

DALAT: The local community should always be wary of the dangers of drug abuse as prevention is always better than cure. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the community should play their role in helping the authorities fight against drug abuse. According to her, drug abuse is […]

Making flu prevention the new normal

Once a global pandemic in 1918, influenza is now preventable with a jab of vaccination annually. Sharing on this preventable disease, Professor Zamberi Sekawi talks about what is influenza, its symptoms and how vaccination can help. Prevention is better than cure It was four years ago when Diong Chae Lian started taking care of her […]

‘Prevention better than cure’

KUCHING: The wearing of face masks should not be optional anymore since Sarawak is already affected by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is common sense, and as Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president Macky Joseph told New Sarawak Tribune recently, prevention is better than cure. Macky, who said the wearing of face masks […]