The Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy

04/01/2026

Frontline health providers and healthcare institutions may still face practical compliance, medicolegal challenges and vulnerable to legal action.

Doctors won't be able to practice medicine, charge fees and procure medicines w/o an APC.

This affects doctors working in public and private sectors.

24/12/2025

JOB VACANCY!

The Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of Research and Projects Officer.

Summary

The Project Officer is part of the Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy (Galen Centre) programmes and projects capacity. The Project Officer will be involved in programme/ project development and implementation; coordination of capacity building initiatives, workshops and consultations; and supporting the Research Officer.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for development, management and implementation of workplans, projects and initiatives
• Conduct research activities in support of the Research Officer
• Generate project reports, proposals and summaries
• Support various programmatic and project coordination needs of the Galen Centre
• Assist in identifying potential programmes/ projects opportunities
• Carry out other requests or directions as determined by the Chief Executive

Location

• Work From Home
• Office as necessary

Requirements

• Relevant undergraduate degree
• At least two years of relevant professional experience preferred
• Excellent command of English and good command of Bahasa Melayu
• Experience in project and programme management
• Able to produce detailed and accurate work under tight deadlines, with a keen eye for consistency and detail
• Has knowledge of human rights and NGO environment in Malaysia, is an advantage

Please send CVs with a cover letter to admin@galencentre.org.

Applications without cover letters will not be considered.

Deadline for applications: 9 January 2026

02/12/2025

Public Forum: What is the urgency and relationship between diabetes and fatty liver disease in Malaysia? (Kuala Lumpur, 12 December 2025)

According to news reports, Malaysia now ranks 13th globally and the highest in Southeast Asia for diabetes prevalence, with 21% of Malaysians, or one in five adults, living with the disease.

Diabetes and fatty liver disease are increasingly common and closely intertwined health problems in Malaysia. High rates of obesity, sedentary lifestyles and diets rich in sugar and saturated fat have led to a growing burden of type 2 diabetes, and many of these same factors drive non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Malaysia faces a rising burden with the increase in diabetes, People with diabetes are at significantly higher risk of developing fatty liver, which can progress to liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and even liver cancer if left unmanaged.

Join us at this public symposium!

Event: What is the urgency and relationship between diabetes and fatty liver disease in Malaysia?
Date: Friday, 12 December 2025
Time: 1500 – 1700 hrs
Venue: Iola by Serai Group, 2A, Jalan Bukit Kiara 1, Bukit Kiara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Registration link: https://shorturl.at/rxuE6

Guest speakers include:

- Prof Chan Wah Kheong, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre
- Akta Rahmat, Patient Advocate

No registration fee. Refreshments provided.

Event date: Friday, 12 December 2025 Event time: 1500 hrs - 1700 hrs Venue: Iola by Serai Group, 2A, Jalan Bukit Kiara 1, Bukit Kiara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur Contact: Wan Alia (E: alia@galencentre.org, M: 012 475 2221)

14/11/2025

Inspiring!

In 1974, she became one of the region’s earliest Muslim trans women to undergo gender-affirming surgery.

(Link in comments)

23/10/2025

The Malaysian Pharmacists Society (MPS) agrees vaccination is a clinical act, not retail, but says trained pharmacists should be allowed to vaccinate adults under the same safety standards as doctors, to expand access without compromising patient safety.

21/10/2025

Shout out to Kuching folks! 👋

PhAMA is excited to bring MyMediSAFE to the Borneo Cultures Museum this 25 October (Saturday) in conjunction with PhAMA Career Day 2025!

Got unused or expired medicines at home? Drop them off at our booth and you will receive a voucher to redeem a Vitamin D test for ONLY RM1 at Alpro Pharmacy (open to the Career Day participants and public, while stocks last!)

📍 Outside Auditorium, Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching
📅 25 October 2025 (Saturday)
🕘 9:30am - 5:00pm

Let’s protect our homes, our community, and our environment through safe medicine disposal. See you there! 🌱💊

Visit www.mymedisafe.org.my for more info and for nearest disposal collection point.

21/10/2025

17/10/2025

Thank you for taking up this recommendation, YB Sim Tze Tzin 沈志勤!

We support the establishment of the independent private healthcare commission to protect Malaysian consumers by regulating private hospital charges and private medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) products.

The commission should act as a consumer protection body to:

- Regulate hospital charges beyond consultant and procedure fees, including integrating diagnosis-related group (DRG) to regulate consumables, devices, diagnostic tests, facility and ancillary charges; require standardised, itemised billing and price transparency; and investigate overcharging and fraud.

- Review and decide on proposed premium rate increases and caps by insurers and takaful operators ; where increases are unjustified, excessive or unfairly discriminatory, require revision and public disclosure of findings. Introduce yearly caps for deductibles and co-payments.

- Harmonise regulation of private health insurance and takaful, with hospital pricing, including transferring part of insurance/takaful oversight from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to the new Commission so that premiums, benefits, and provider charges are overseen under one roof with a consumer-protection mandate.

- Publish an annual Private Healthcare Affordability Report tracking trends in medical inflation, premiums, out-of-pocket (OOP) spending, and provider charges by category, and recommend corrective actions to Parliament and the Government.

AN INDEPENDENT private healthcare commission should be established to tackle long-standing medical insurance problems, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

11/10/2025

28/09/2025