The Government Should Reconsider Drug Price Controls
There is no one-size-fits-all approach or quick fix.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach or quick fix.
This document is intended to gauge the Pakatan Harapan government’s stewardship of the health agenda and commitment to reforms. It is important to note from the onset that these grades reflect a work in progress.
The overall grade given of C+ reflects a work in progress.
“Conversion therapy has been documented and proven to produce long-term psychological trauma, worsen participants’ mental health, well-being and self-esteem, and reinforces social alienation.”
The paper concludes with six main areas for recommendations on moving forward with LGBT-friendly mental health services.
The government must strengthen and update its current regulatory and enforcement framework in order to improve surveillance, consumer safety and protection.
Fighting non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and obesity is a long game and requires vision, committed investments and political will to ensure that we are able to reap the results of a healthier people and nation.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzukefly Ahmad has repeatedly emphasised his vision of value-for-money treatment and commitment to reforms which ensure better transparency, efficiency, and cost effectiveness in health.
“There are several problems with MySalam’s existing framework as we know it, but what is of particular concern, is the exclusion of pre-existing conditions.”
This World Cancer Day, it cannot be business as usual.