Promote healthy lifestyle and disease prevention in schools

THE National Institute for Cancer now under construction in Putrajaya, the well-established National Heart Institute and the various centres of excellence for treatment of specific diseases in specialist hospitals are an indication that our medical facilities are on par with that of developed countries.  

However, the establishment of such institutes also indicates that more people are affected by ill health due to various causes including leading unhealthy lifestyles, substance abuse, man-made environmental pollution, mismanaged animal species and micro-organisms.