Chan Chee Khoon

Chan Chee Khoon looks to see whether a better world is possible. Are there alternatives to globalisation?

There is strongly suggestive data pertaining to short-term (acute) effects from seasonal exposure to haze, including excess mortality among the frail and elderly.

Health consumerists are taking on the profit-driven global pharmaceutical industry by exploring alternative initiatives that can meet urgent needs in the 'neglected diseases' department.

The drug development process is less driven by the need to control diseases than by profit motives. However, a new initiative seeks to redress the imbalance.

Human health disasters such as the Sars outbreak have the worst impact o­n marginalised communities who are unable to afford medical help.

You can fool some people some of the time, but not all people all of the time - silence is not the option in dealing with crises in Malaysia.