Non-Communicable Diseases Archives

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.

Healthcare Reforms

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.

Non-Communicable Diseases

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.

Non-Communicable Diseases

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.

Non-Communicable Diseases

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.

Non-Communicable Diseases

Public Health #11: Are Public Health Campaigns A Failure?

Do we know what works and what doesn't?

Non-Communicable Diseases

We Need To Be Impatient About Cancer

Patients must continue to be at the centre of policy-making which directly affects them.

Non-Communicable Diseases

Policy Paper: Cancer Policy Recommendations For Parliamentarians & Policy...

More than 80 percent of these recommendations came from patients and their caregivers.

Non-Communicable Diseases

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.

Non-Communicable Diseases

“Are Women in Malaysia Getting Access to Cancer Care?”

In the 2016 edition of the Economist’s War on Cancer, Malaysia is estimated to record a 49% increase in breast cancer cases between 2012 to 2025. This is worrying as Malaysia recorded the lowest rate of five-year survivorship rate as well as the highest rate of mortality and incident rates in the region.

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