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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG)
The Sustainable Development Goals (2016 to 2030) which consists of 17 goals and 169 targets
was launched by the United Nation (UN) in January 2016. It is the continuation from the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) which has ended in 2015. The Economic Planning Unit of The Prime
Minister Office (EPU) was appointed as the secretariat of SDG at the national level, while the Malaysia’s
Department of Statistic (DOSM) as the focal point for data collection and information on SDG. The
Planning Division of the Ministry of Health was assigned as the secretariat for goals related to health
for the health sector at the ministry level. The implementation of SDG in our country is in line with all
national policies and planning at the ministry level which are included in the 11MP, MoH Strategic Plan
and Health Services Transformation Plan.

Phase 1 SDG Malaysia Report (2017 to 2020) titled ‘Malaysia Voluntary National Review’ was published
by EPU as a baseline report for Malaysia. Based on the report, a Technical Committee meeting on 29
November 2017 was held and chaired by the Deputy Director-General of Health (Research & Technical
Support) to discuss on the governance of monitoring and reporting of SDG’s implementation in Malaysia.

HEALTH SERVICES TRANSFORMATION PLAN (PDPK)

Health Services Transformation Plan is a structured and well-planned service reformation under the
Ministry of Health as an effort to enhance the quality of services in MoH, promote sustainability as well
as accommodate the needs of the citizens and environmental changes. This plan was developed in
accordance to the Government of Malaysia’s aspiration via Government Transformation Plan aiming
to transform the overall public services in Malaysia to achieve a Nation with High Income Economy
status by the year 2020. Since 2017, the Public Service Department (PSD) monitors the high impact
initiatives, in which the criteria are;
i. Quick Win, Big & Fast Result
ii. Citizen’s Touch Point
iii. Strategic Networking and Collaboration
iv. Cost Effectiveness and Productivity
v. Income Generation
vi. Budget optimization
vii. Outcome-based

As of 2017, 3 high impact initiatives were chosen, namely;
i. Daycare Service - The aim of this initiative is to reduce hospital admissions by providing research
facilities or simplified treatment model which can be done on a day case basis hence reduced ward
admissions and ultimately hospital congestions.
ii. 1 Malaysia Cataract Clinic Service - This initiative intends to provide cataract treatment to citizen
who stay far away from health facilities.
iii. Community mobilization and empowerment in Community Mental Health Centre (Supported
Employment Programme) - This initiative’s objective is to help psychiatric patient to easily adapt
themselves in society.

All initiatives for 2017 has reached the target and 100% completed.

The Transformation Sub-Committee (JKK Transformasi) meeting led by the Planning Division was held
on 19 December 2017 to get suggestion of high impact activities for the year 2018.

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