Kilang cuci dan jual semula kondom terpakai diserbu

Polis Vietnam menyerbu sebuah kilang yang mengitar semula kondom terpakai di Selatan Bandar Ho Chi Minh.

Serbuan dilakukan selepas mendapat maklumat daripada penduduk tempatan.

Polis menemui lebih 320,000 kondom terpakai di mana ia telah dibungkus semula dan dijual di pasaran.

Susulan itu, polis menahan seorang wanita yang juga pemilik kilang, berusia 34 tahun.

Wanita itu mengaku telah membeli kondom terpakai berkenaan dengan seorang lelaki di daerah tersebut.

Kondom yang sudah dipakai itu kemudian dicuci, dibentuk dan dibungkus semula di dalam plastik.

Media tempatan turut melaporkan, polis sedang memburu individu lain yang terlibat dalam kegiatan berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu, pegawai kesihatan memaklumkan, penggunaan kondom terpakai boleh memberi risiko kesihatan kepada pengguna.

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.