Malaysia’s approval of 66,312 new permanent positions for the Health Ministry, supported by RM6.7 billion in funding, is being viewed as a step towards addressing...

Malaysia’s Health Ministry is emphasising the use of accurate, evidence-based data to guide healthcare reforms and address structural challenges within the health...

The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is calling for doctors to be consulted in the development of health insurance plans, particularly on issues related to medical...

Malaysia has been proposed as the coordinating entry point for the initial implementation of an ASEAN single submission model for the pre-market approval of medical...

Rural communities in Malaysia continue to face gaps in access to healthcare, with challenges including limited medical facilities, shortages of healthcare...

Public sector recruiters have filled over 1,000 nursing vacancies through faster open-interview and walk-in hiring methods, yet still need several hundred more nurses...

Health authorities are actively planning for a potential surge in public hospital patients as private health insurance premiums have reportedly climbed by as much as...

Healthcare experts say Malaysia’s healthcare reforms will require time and sustained implementation, while stressing that momentum should be maintained. The reform...

The health ministry has set a goal to modernise the national healthcare system and improve patient service delivery within the current parliamentary term, with a focus...

A regional healthcare hub recorded roughly 285,400 medical tourist arrivals and RM601.8 million in related revenue in the first half of the year, underscoring the...

The Health Ministry is working toward gazetting a mandatory A-to-D nutrition grading system for packaged food and drinks by year-end, starting with sugar content in...

Rural communities in Malaysia continue to face gaps in access to healthcare, with challenges including limited medical facilities, shortages of healthcare...

An ageing-policy expert argues that societies should stop treating longer lifespans purely as a healthcare and pensions burden, pointing out that healthcare accounts...

Malaysia's ageing population and rising healthcare needs are creating openings for companies and startups in medical technology, with the government targeting RM50...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim raised the Health Ministry’s Budget 2027 allocation to RM47.7 billion, up from RM46.5 billion, with RM1.2 billion earmarked for repair,...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that more than 9,000 contract doctors will be offered permanent posts in 2027, effectively ending the long-running contract...