Page 126 - ANUAL REPORT MOH 2017

• Foreign Workers’ Medical Examination
Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency (FOMEMA) was awarded a concession since
1997 by the Government of Malaysia to implement, manage and supervise a nationwide mandatory
health screening programme for all legal foreign workers in Malaysia.
In 2017, total of 918,883 of foreign workers were screened. Out of those numbers, 2 per cent are medically
unfit with various reason including those with communicable disease, non-communicable disease, drug
abuse and pregnancy. Highest number of communicable disease is tuberculosis and hepatitis.

FAMILY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (FHDD)

MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
Malaysia has made great progress in improving maternal health care and services during MDG era
and continues to strive towards achievement of SDG. Two main focus areas in 2017 were effective
supervision and strengthening of pre pregnancy care. Reference documents developed for health staff
include Buku Panduan Penyeliaan Program Perkhidmatan Kesihatan ibu dan Perancang Keluarga
di Klinik Kesihatan, Garispanduan Kriteria Kelayakan Perubatan & Soal Jawab Amalan Penggunaan
Kaedah Kontraseptif and Manual Perkhidmatan Kesihatan Ibu & Anak bagi Anggota Kejururawatan di
Perkhidmatan Kesihatan Awam. Safe motherhood training was conducted in September 2017.

MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
The antenatal coverage for at least one visit increased from 78.1 per cent in 1990 to 95.4 per cent
in 2017. The average antenatal visit per person has improved from 6.6 in 1990 to 10.8 visits in 2017.
The coverage for tetanus toxoid immunization among antenatal mothers was 92 per cent in 2017.
Proportion of deliveries conducted by skilled health personnel (safe deliveries) remained high above
98 per cent since 2010. (Table 28).
Table 28
Maternal Health Coverage in Malaysia, selected years 1990 to 2017
Item 1990 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016p 2017p

Estimated No. of 676,382 691,664 587,479 580,536 592,489 599,306 597,906
Pregnant Mothers
Antenatal Coverage 528,029 517,138 483,136 560,323 575,604 554,721 570,632
78.1% 74.8% 82.2% 96.5% 97.2% 92.6% 95.4%
Average Antenatal 6.6 8.5 10 10.0 10.6 10.8 10.8
Visits per Mother
Tetanus Toxoid
Immunisation 414,445 449,608 432,581 466,666 478,206 466,903 479,412
Coverage (2 & 81.7% 86.8% 84.6% 92.44% 92.8% 89.6% 92.0%
nd
Booster Dose)
Total Deliveries 476,196 507,891 439,447 455,650 461,220 443,432 450,846
Safe Deliveries 92.8% 96.6% 98.6% 98.7% 98.9% 99.5% 99.6%
318,953 417,232 428,140 450,160 467,522 458,529 458,529
Postnatal Coverage
67.0% 82.1% 97.4% 98.8% 101% 103% 101%

Note: Data for 2016 and 2017 is preliminary
Source: Health Informatics Centre, Ministry of Health Malaysia .

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA ANNUAL REPORT 2017 125