We Are Living In A Crisis And It Isn’t Just Covid-19
We need local-level, granular data that is integrated with social and economic indicators.
Malaysia Is Going Through Multiple Long-Term Crises: Diabetes, Obesity,...
The health component of the upcoming 12th Malaysia Plan must have a solid commitment towards ensuring that health initiatives which address the NCD crisis are grounded in reality and are fully funded.
New SOCSO Criteria For Dialysis Risks Excluding The Most Vulnerable
With non-communicable diseases increasing significantly each year and cases of people with chronic kidney disease having more than one or more comorbidities such as diabetes, this is an ongoing funding problem that will not go away simply by excluding a group of people.
Roundtable Discussion: Diabetes in 2020 – Change or business as usual?
The Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Health and the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy organised a closed-door roundtable discussion with multi-sectoral stakeholders on 16 December 2019 to discuss diabetes in Malaysia.
When will diabetes finally be taken seriously?
Addressing diabetes prevention is not simply about ‘health’.
We need to change the way we look at nutrition
The government is already spending billions of ringgit on managing existing cases in the public healthcare system and the predominantly curative approach cannot be sustained.
Sugar Tax Revenue Should Go Towards Expanding HiTS
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.
Policy For Action 1/2018 – Innovate For health: Earmarking Sin Tax To...
There has been no move to earmark the revenue collected for the purpose of health, specifically and directly funding non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention, control and treatment.
Malaysia Should Earmark Sin Taxes For Health Programmes
We recommend, as a pilot programme, that the Government earmarks an initial 5 percent from the collected sin tax revenue to strengthen NCD health promotion and treatment, focusing initially on diabetes and cancer.
A Soda Tax Is Not Going To Solve The Obesity Problem
Earmarking this revenue would help address the shortfall in funding for prevention programmes.
Research Officer & Registered Pharmacist, Galen Centre