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Suicide Postvention Is Prevention: Why The New Registry and Guidelines Matter
Three years after suicide has been decriminalised in Malaysia, the work to strengthen suicide prevention is still ongoing. The Ministry of Health recently launched the National Suicide and Fatal Injury Registry Malaysia as well as the Postvention Services Clinical Guideline, both of which are initiatives that mental health advocates have been calling for, even before the decriminalisation of suicide.
With World Suicide Prevention Day commemorated last month and World Mental Health Day coming up, we explore why suicide postvention is prevention, and why these two new initiatives matter with Michelle Ng, ADUN for Subang Jaya, and Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, consultant psychiatrist at University Malaya Medical Centre. Both guests are also part of the Care Warriors Association (https://www.instagram.com/care.warriors) and the conversation also touches on the role of community organisations in supporting survivors of suicide loss.
This discussion will touch on topics of suicide and self-harm. If you, or someone you know, needs emotional support, reach out for help within your community or contact the Befrienders KL (03-76272929 or sam@befrienders.org.my (mailto:sam@befrienders.org.my)), Talian HEAL (15 555), MIASA (1-800-1800-66) or AWAS Malaysia (Whatsapp 010-234 4808)
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6 Oct 2026
Empowering Rural Communities To Tackle Childhood Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a growing problem among our children, and along with poverty, it creates a vicious cycle that can’t be fixed by simply telling families to eat better. Especially for families living in rural areas or in poverty, addressing malnutrition is more than just knowing what to do but having an environment that helps make those food choices easier. To unpack this, we speak to Ang Zheng Feng, Health & Nutrition Officer at World Vision Malaysia. In this interview, Zheng Feng shares more about World Vision Malaysia’s community development programmes as well as their nutrition-through-sports programmes.
Image Credit: World Vision Malaysia
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5 Oct 2026
Finished Breast Cancer Treatment? What Next?
As breast cancer treatment becomes more advanced, more women today will be able to see a horizon much further in the distance. There is hope for women to pick up the threads of their life they had put on hold to undergo treatment. But women shouldn’t have to navigate the post-treatment phase of their lives alone. We get the perspectives of the Breast Cancer Welfare Association and National Cancer Society Malaysia on the kind of structural support women need beyond diagnosis and treatment.
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