PETALING JAYA: The generally low health literacy among Malaysians is contributing to the alarming rate of critical illnesses in the country, according to an expert.
Explaining this, a professor at the Tan Sri Omar Centre for STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) Policy Studies, Datuk Dr Ahmad Ibrahim, said poor health literacy was causing many Malaysians to fail to manage their illnesses well.
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