March 7 – The increase in preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria has frightened the government enough into considering making vaccinations mandatory for children entering school.

February 15 – The Ministry of Health may possibly introduce a price control mechanism for drugs in the middle of the year.…

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Jan 31 – The government launched since last week two huge health care schemes for the poor – an RM2 billion health insurance funded by an insurance company and an RM100 million health screening programme.…

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January 28 – The most basic thing a voter can do is vote.…

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