Beauty In Imperfection

Dr Neerja Birla, Aditya Birla Education Trust

06-Sep-23 11:00

Pause
Embed

According to the World Health Organization, there has been increasing acknowledgement of the important role mental health plays in achieving global development goals, as illustrated by the inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability.

Suicide is the fourth leading cause of deaths among 15-29-year-olds. People with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions. Making strides is Dr Neerja Birla, founder and chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust.

Produced by: Freda Liu

Presented by: Freda Liu

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: wellness, Law/Activism

Tags: mental health, mental health conditions, suicide, depression,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) In a global debt market of over $100 trillion, the Shariah-compliant Sukuk market has just crossed its own major milestone: $1 trillion. But what exactly are these Islamic financial instruments, how do they differ from conventional debt, and what's driving their rapid growth? Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings, joins us to get into all this and more.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) In the spirit of Merdeka and Malaysia Day, we review three local short films and then on Take 2 go through your favourite Malaysian movies.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) It's a review of the new, competitively-priced BYD Atto 2 in this week's episode. Tune in to hear Daniel's thoughts on this car.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Today, Rich Bradbury and Matt Armitage pose the most explosive question of all and ask: AI, ya basic?

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) We speak to Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul, Senior Expert at Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency, about his work on smart city projects across ASEAN and how technology, policy, and people’s needs can create greener, more livable cities.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) A local football agent joins us in this episode to talk about his world and what goes around in it. Is it as glamorous as it seems?

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Conversation features two women who are managing orchestras in Hungary and the UK.

PROGRAMMES