SHAH ALAM, April 21 — The Selangor government will continue the RM800 Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment Incentive for this year to curb the spread of the disease in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Sabah reported the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023, totalling 5,814, followed by Selangor with 5,631 cases and Sarawak with 3,177 cases, the Senate was told today.

KUALA NERUS, May 20 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken legal action against 12 tuberculosis (TB) patients nationwide for failing to continue treatment for the disease during the past four years, said its deputy minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

SHAH ALAM, Oct 2 — Members of the public who have experienced prolonged coughing for over three weeks alongside bloody phlegm and weight loss have been advised to seek immediate treatment, said state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Asean Member States (AMS) need to have a major step up in financial support to bring game-changing diagnostics, drugs and drug regimens as well as vaccines to market as a new tool to fight tuberculosis (TB), said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

PUTRAJAYA, March 24 — The number of tuberculosis or TB cases reported in Malaysia in 2021 stands at 21,727, down by 8.1 per cent from 23,644 cases reported in the previous year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

SHAH ALAM, March 24 — Selangor recorded approximately 4,307 cases of tuberculosis (TB) last year, said state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud.

[caption id="attachment_206426" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the RM800 incentive is meant to ease the burden of the treatment cost for TB patients.