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'Standardise health screening of migrant workers'

PETALING JAYA: Foreign ­workers coming into Malaysia should undergo mandatory health screening in their own country that is similar to the one carried out by Fomema to strengthen the nation’s health safety net against communicable diseases, says the Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papa). ....

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'I thought it only affected the lungs'

PETALING JAYA: It is always harder when it hits close to home. This was the case for National Association of Human Resources Malaysia president Zarina Ismail, who witnessed her 20-year-old son battling tuberculosis (TB) recently. ....

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TB ­– a ticking time bomb?

PETALING JAYA: While much attention has been given to Covid-19 over the past few years, the re-emergence of “forgotten ­diseases” such as tuberculosis (TB) should be a cause for concern, say medical experts. ....

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