Sabah to implement state-wide water fluoridation policy


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will commit to water fluoridation as part of its health policy, to be implemented at administrative level.

This comes after data showing 63.3% of 12-year-olds in Sabah suffer from dental caries, the highest rate in the country and more than double the national average.

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