After declaring war on Sugar, Smoking and Salt, the Health Ministry has now waged a new war against stigmatisation, to combat the rising mental health burden.
Speaking at the Mental Health Convention 2025 on Wednesday (Feb 19), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the effort is being carried out through the “End the Stigma, Mental Health for All” campaign to raise public literacy on the importance of mental health care.
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Speaking at the Mental Health Convention 2025 on Wednesday (Feb 19), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the effort is being carried out through the “End the Stigma, Mental Health for All” campaign to raise public literacy on the importance of mental health care.
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00:00The latest National Health Mobility Survey 2023, NHMS, has doubled the number of mental health issues in teenagers and adolescents from 244 to 1,000.
00:27And in 2019, today, I'm sorry, in 2023, the number has increased to 922,000, which is 16.5%.
00:39This means that there will be an increase in the number of mental health issues in teenagers and adolescents from 244 to 1,000, which is 16.5%.
00:47Indeed, the Ministry of Health has implemented various initiatives, including the Let's Talk campaign in 2018 and the Stop Mental Health Stigma campaign.
01:03Today, I would like to invite all parties to learn about the War on Stigma.
01:10I have taught 5, 3 S's since I returned to VKM.
01:16The first S is the War on Smoke.
01:19Then I will wage war against the War on Sugar.
01:22The third that I will wage will be the War on Salt.
01:28The third S is the War on Hypertension.
01:31One in three of us has hypertension.
01:34Everyone that is diagnosed, one that is not diagnosed.
01:38That's why we see premature death, heart disease, ASCBD, and vascular diseases.
01:53The third S is the War on Stigma.
02:20This is the fourth S, the War on Sugar, Smoke, and Salt.
02:24The War on Stigma.
02:26You love me, you hate me, I have no choice.
02:29My mother and brother gave me back to ensure that I will have my unaccompanied form in my first term.
02:38I am only three years old.
02:45So I come back with a vengeance.
02:47So I come back with a vengeance to carry out the big tasks that I have to accomplish
02:55for the country to achieve a healthy people and society.