Policy Reforms Needed To Close Gaps In Mental Health
Most SOPs, emphasize on using physical, even brutal or harsh measures, of handling mentally ill people, such as the usage of straitjackets by the police. Improving Mental Health In Malaysia: Recommendations for Policymakers (No. 4,...
This policy brief highlights patient-centric opportunities to improve the response to mental health issues.
Budget 2019: Sugar Tax Is Innovative But Not Magic Bullet
Earmarking this revenue, along with that collected from tobacco and alcohol, will help address the current shortfall in funding for NCD prevention programmes.
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.
Public Health #11: Are Public Health Campaigns A Failure?
Do we know what works and what doesn't?
We Need To Be Impatient About Cancer
Patients must continue to be at the centre of policy-making which directly affects them.
Policy Paper: Cancer Policy Recommendations For Parliamentarians & Policy...
More than 80 percent of these recommendations came from patients and their caregivers.
Launch Of The Cancer Care Working Group And Cancer Policy Recommendations For...
The Cancer Care Working Group aims to help influence public policies which improve outcomes, treatment and care of cancer in Malaysia.
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