18 October 2021
By ending its ambivalence towards the protection of IP rights, the government can bridge the gap towards achieving its aspirations to be a globally competitive, high-income knowledge-economy.
Tag: 12th Malaysia Plan
11 October 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic is giving us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to conduct ambitious and wide-ranging health reforms.
8 October 2021
Health care reform takes time to implement, so we need to stop talking and start taking action.
28 September 2021
The 12MP treats health like business as usual, failing to recognise the increased burden on the public health care system and higher morbidity and mortality from the disruption of non-Covid medical services.
27 September 2021
Letter
12th Malaysia Plan: The Government Needs To Review Its Strategies On Health — The Galen Centre
Unless the government reviews what it proposes in the health section of the 12MP, this could be a lost opportunity to rebuild, reform and transform our health system into a service that is fit for purpose and future-proofed to meet the challenges of a population facing rising health burdens due to an ongoing crisis of non-communicable diseases, an ageing population, and demands for better quality health care.
27 September 2021
Under the 12th Malaysia Plan, the government plans to build teaching hospitals for Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
27 September 2021
The new Institute of Infectious Diseases proposed in the PM’s Parliament speech does not appear in the 12th Malaysia Plan document; there is already an existing Institute for Public Health under MOH’s National Institutes of Health with its own Centre for Communicable Diseases Research.
27 September 2021
The government’s 12MP simply focuses on awareness programmes and cancer screenings without mentioning increased treatment, even though patients with chronic diseases worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic.
27 September 2021
Under the 12th Malaysia Plan, a National Health Endowment Fund, derived particularly from waqf (donation of assets from Muslims), will be introduced to diversify health care financing.
9 July 2020
Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman and Azrul Mohd Khalib want the 12th Malaysia Plan to focus on non-communicable diseases and health promotion.