Khairy heads M’sian delegation to World Health Assembly
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will lead the Malaysian delegation to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the upcoming 75th World Health Assembly (WHA75), World Economic Forum (WEF) and 151st Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board (EB151) from May 22 to 30. The Health Ministry (MOH) in a statement today said it was very important for Malaysia […]
Keep an eye out for children’s mental health
KUCHING: Public interactions need to be encouraged more now to safeguard the mental health of young children in the country. “It has been reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that 424,000 children in Malaysia had suffered a little in terms of mental health due to the almost three years of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said […]
Happy World Health Day 2022
KUCHING: This year’s happy world health day theme is ‘Our Planet, Our Health’. This is in line with the state government’s efforts toward reaching its environmental sustainability goals. This was confirmed by Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said the goal for world health day is in line with the Post Covid-19 […]
MP questions performance of Institute of Clinical Research
KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has questioned whether there have been convincing and authoritative studies carried out by the country’s Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) since its establishment to advocate for booster jabs. He said ICR, which is under the Health Ministry (MOH) and publicly funded, has huge allocations but has only […]
Another nail in the coffin for smokers?
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times. — Mark Twain, American writer and humourist The statistics of tobacco-related deaths worldwide are shocking. It could be said to be an unrecognised pandemic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide. More […]
Pandemic fatigue
This pandemic has magnified every existing inequality in our society — like systemic racism, gender inequality, and poverty. — Melinda Gates, American philanthropist Lockdowns, MCOs, SOPs. Will we be going through the whole cycle again this year? Do we have to start planning for a permanent pandemic? I mean, at the moment, we are seeing […]
Coping with pandemic fatigue
BY RACHEL MINA & UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: It’s okay to feel bored, sad or demotivated but always have an extra sense of self-love while staying realistic and making peace with your emotions to fight pandemic fatigue, says an academician. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), pandemic fatigue refers to the gradual loss of […]
Pandemic fatigue faced by Malaysians worrying: Experts
BY NURQALBY MOHD REDA THE pandemic fatigue experienced by Malaysians, in general, is growing more critical and has reached a level deemed as worrying, according to health experts and psychologists. In fact, they view the current spike in Covid-19 cases as partly due to pandemic fatigue as a consequence of people getting fed up with […]
WHO says countries have responsibility to help scientists find Covid origin
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday countries have the responsibility to work together, in partnership with WHO, so scientists can try to find the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, after China rejected a plan for a second phase of investigations. China, the day before, rejected the WHO’s second stage to investigate the coronavirus […]
IATA calls on government to address high Covid-19 tests cost
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to take action to address the high cost of Covid-19 tests in many jurisdictions and provided flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to the more expensive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Director-general Willie Walsh said the cost […]
