Getting Health Screening Back On Track

Dr Sri Wahyu Taher, President, Family Medicine Specialists Association

30-Jun-22 16:00

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In July, the Ministry of Health plans to launch a national health screening initiative to detect non-communicable diseases, especially after the delays caused by the pandemic. We explore what is the Malaysian attitude towards health screening, and what we need to get things back on track: do we need more screening programmes, or simply a different approach to motivate people? Dr Sri Wahyu Taher, President of the Family Medicine Specialists Association, joins us to discuss these issues.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories: health policy

Tags: health screening, ncds, diabetes, cholesterol, obesity, cancer,

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