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No Meetings Decisions
1. NEHAP - The formation of TWG 10: Environmental Health Expert and TWG 11:
Malaysia Steering Vector Bearing Disease
Committee Meeting - All agency agreed to share data needed for the development of the
No. 1/2017 Malaysian Environmental Health Information System (MyEHIS)
Date: - The implementation of State Environmental Health Action Plan
17 April 2017 (SEHAP) is expended to other state in stages
- The implementation status of SEHAP’s pilot project, NEHAP Sabah
Chapter and NEHAP Sarawak Chapter
- The Endorsement of TWGs’ Work Plan (TWG 1-9).
2. NEHAP - The representatives from the headquarters of Department of
Malaysia Steering Environment, Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & Water/
Committee Meeting National Water Services Commission and National Solid Waste
No. 2/2017 Management Department/Solid Waste Management and Public
Date: Cleansing Corporation are to attend the Pre-Execution of SEHAP
23 October 2017 Implementation
- NEHAP must apply for Development Budget
- Progress Report on TWGs Work Plan (TWG 1-9).
- The implementation status of SEHAP’s pilot project, NEHAP Sabah
Chapter and NEHAP Sarawak Chapter

• TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING
The meetings were conducted on 2 March 2017 and 3 August 2017 and chaired by the Director of
Engineering Services Division. The committee members were representatives from nine (9) TWGs
Chairmen, Core Team members and the Liaison Officers from Engineering Services Division for the
first meeting. Chairmen of TWG 10 and TWG 11 came on board for the second meeting as they were
appointed after the first Steering Committee Meeting. Both meetings focused mainly on the progress
of the TWGs Action Plans.

• THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS
A total of nine (9) TWG were formed until 2016. Two new TWGs were formed in 2017 named TWG 10:
Environmental Health Expert and TWG 11: Vector Bearing Disease. The main agenda of the TWGs
were to discuss and follow up the status of TWGs’ action plan implementation which has been approved.
The TWGs for the respective area of concern were as stated in Image 14:

• NEHAP CONFERENCE
The National Conference on Environmental Health Action Plan (NEHAP) Malaysia 2017 was successfully
held on the 25 September 2017 at Marriott Hotel, Putrajaya. The Conference with a theme “Emerging
Environmental Health Risks: Challenges for Tomorrow” were officially opened by the Director
General of Health. A total of 136 participants from various federal government agencies including Sabah
and Sarawak representatives participated in the conference. Two (2) general papers, eight (8) technical
papers and posters respectively related to air quality, sanitation, water quality, hazardous substance,
climate change and solid waste were presented.

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