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The Health Ministry (MOH) is set to expand nurse training capacity, widen career development opportunities and streamline recruitment as part of a major reform of the country’s healthcare workforce. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the reforms were […]
Thai researchers have developed and registered a domestically produced botulinum antitoxin, cutting treatment costs while strengthening the country’s pharmaceutical security and emergency preparedness. On 28 July, Deputy Government Spokesperson Ploytalay Laksameesangchan announced that the Thai Food and Drug Administration had […]
A Korean research team has developed a patient-specific chip that recreates glioblastoma tumor cells and their surrounding blood vessel environment, potentially allowing treatment responses to be predicted more accurately for individual patients. South Korea’s national research university, KAIST, announced on […]
The health ministry is strengthening three key strategies to address the critical shortage of nurses. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said they involved increasing the number of nursing graduates, expanding career pathways and implementing direct recruitment, as well as greater autonomy […]
The current staffing level at the Pasir Gudang Hospital (HPG) stands at 48 per cent, involving 1,075 personnel since it began operations in August last year, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said staffing would be increased in […]
Private hospitals are seeing an increase in dengue admissions this year, mirroring trends at public hospitals, according to the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM). APHM president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said private hospitals continued to have sufficient capacity to […]
More than eight in 10 young people in Malaysia experienced at least one climate-related disaster in the past year, while nearly all are worried about climate change, according to a new UNICEF survey. Climate disasters affect daily life The findings […]
Growing cross-border travel and trade between Laos and Thailand are prompting closer cooperation on public health emergencies, with authorities from both countries conducting a joint response exercise held this week, Tuesday to Wednesday. The drill focused on testing systems for […]
Building a dementia-ready Malaysia by 2030 requires coordinated efforts from communities alongside government healthcare initiatives to address the country’s growing ageing population, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib said. She said with 15 per cent of Malaysia’s population projected […]
The Philippines has secured a US$187.82 million (approximately PHP11.53 billion) loan from Japan to strengthen the implementation of its Universal Health Care (UHC) program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. The Philippines and Japan recently signed the diplomatic notes […]
