KOTA KINABALU, June 4 -- A new survey has found significant gaps in child wellbeing in Sabah across health, learning, nutrition, food security and safety, despite high levels of access to basic services such as healthcare and schooling.

The Sabah Child Wellbeing Index (SCWI) 2026 showed that while most children can access services, far fewer meet minimum wellbeing benchmarks across key development areas.

The index found that only 55.9 per cent of children met the overall health wellbeing benchmark, despite 92.3 per cent having access to healthcare services.

Health wellbeing gap despite high access to healthcare services

The SCWI measures whether children meet minimum standards across indicators including immunisation, nutrition and ag...