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INTRODUCTION

The Research and Technical Support (R&TS) Program, headed by the Deputy Director General of
Health (R&TS), carries out activities that are aimed at providing technical and support services to the
other Programs within the Ministry of Health (MoH). R&TS Program consists of the following Divisions:
Planning, Engineering Services, The Medical Radiation Surveillance Division (MRSD) and six (6)
research institutes under the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

PLANNING DIVISION

The Planning Division focuses on several crucial activities such as the formulation of the Health Sector
Transformation Plan, improving the quality of health data, setting up the Health Informatics Standards for
Malaysia, and planning, development, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects as planned in
the Eleventh Malaysian Plan (11MP). Previously known as the Planning and Development Division, the
two components were separated on 1 September 2012 to enhance each respective branch’s functions.
There is six (6) sections in the Planning Division:
i. Health Policy and Plan Planning
ii. National Health Financing (NHF)
iii. Malaysia National Health Accounts (MNHA)
iv. Health Informatics Center
v. Health Facility Planning
vi. eHealth Strategic Planning

HEALTH POLICY AND PLAN PLANNING SECTION

Health Policy and Plan planning involves the activities of planning, monitoring and evaluating the health
sector plans.

MID-TERM REVIEW OF ELEVENTH MALAYSIA’S PLAN (MTR OF 11MP)
The formulation process of MTR of 11MP for the health sector was triggered by a circular from The Chief
Secretary of The Government of Malaysia dated 22 June 2017 (Ref: UPE(S)SPW.100-23/2/2 (16)). A
Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting was held from 26 to 27 October 2017 to initiate the preparation
process of the MTR of 11MP. This was followed by a series of briefing to the Deputy Director-General
of Health (Research & Technical Support), the Director-General of Health, and the Secretary-General
of the Ministry of Health (MoH). The sessions were conducted in early November 2017. The preliminary
draft of the MTR of 11MP was tabled at the Ministry of Health’s Planning Steering Committee (JPPKK)
meeting on 22 November 2017 and Special Director- General meeting on 5 December 2017 and
ultimately to the Honorable Minister of Health.

There are two main summarized findings obtained from the situational analysis exercise for the Malaysian
health sectors and suggestions are made as follows:
i. All activities/programs which have already achieved their target shall be improvised and continued.
ii. For activities/programs which have not achieved their target and have issues and challenges in
its implementation process, the activities/programs should be revised; or substituted with new
activities/programs.

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