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15 May 2020 Author: Yen Lian Tan, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 73 per cent of total deaths in Malaysia in 2015, with half of these being due to cardiovascular diseases. This health burden is growing as the prevalence of  NCD risk factors continue to rise  among Malaysians. The now abolished Malaysian Health Promotion Board (MySihat) complemented the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) role in the prevention and control of NCDs by promoting healthy lifestyles. Its work was in line with the priority areas of the  Malaysia–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2016–2020 . MySihat, established as a statutory body by the  Malaysian Health Promotion Board Act  (Act 651), was a semi-autonomous entity within the MOH. Since its inception in 2006, it has promoted healthy lifestyles and chronic disease prevention programs. MySihat initially proposed to secure stable financing by imposing an earmarked tax on tobacco, alcohol and other harmful products. B

        31 March 2020 SDGs The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according to the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs represent a boundary-pushing blueprint for the future of the Earth and it’s anticipated they will be realized by 2030. UN News joined the International Labour Organization on a visit to Hawaii where many people are already living or studying aspects of the goals in their everyday work. Ken Rubin is a professor of volcanology and geochemistry specializing in volcanoes and sea level change. Based in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaii, he travels the world to observe active and dormant volcanoes, both on the land and beneath the sea. “In my work, I look at specifically at how volcanic eruptions impact populations. It doesn't have to be human populations; it could be marine communities that live in