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i. Feedback on the minutes of meetings of the Secretary General with Heads of Service, chaired by
the National Chief Secretary, YBhg Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa;
ii. Feedback on the minutes of meetings of the Economic Council (EC);
iii. Feedback on proposed matter received at the UMNO General Assembly;
iv. International trade related matters in the field of health for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
(TPPA)/Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),
Negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and Trade
Policy Review;
v. Data on competitiveness for The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) and The Global
Competitiveness Report (GCR).

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
Throughout 2017, the Division coordinated placements of 11 WHO fellows in various institutions in
Malaysia. In addition, the Division also coordinated and processed applications from 126 participants
and six (6) advisors comprising Malaysian professionals to attend 68 meetings/workshops/study visits
overseas under WHO sponsorship.
The Division also coordinated the participation of MoH delegation in WHO meetings:
i. 70 World Health Assembly, 22 to 31 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland; and
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ii. 68 Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, 9 to 12 October 2017,
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Brisbane, Australia.
• OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES
In the year 2017, the Division coordinated MoH top management’s participation in various meetings,
amongst others, as follows:
i. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017, 17 to 19 January 2017, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland;
ii. 86 ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services (CCS), 30 January to 2 February 2016, Semarang,
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Indonesia;
iii. The 12 Congress of Asia and Oceania Thyroid Association, 15 to 18 March 2017, Busan, Korean
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Republic;
iv. 12 ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD), 7 ASEAN China SOMHD
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and ASEAN Plus Three SOMHD, 18 to 20 April 2017, Brunei Darussalam;
v. 29 Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, 21 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland;
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vi. 2 Global Summit on Circulatory Health, 12 to 13 July 2017, Singapore;
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vii. ASEAN-Japan Health Ministers Meeting and Policy Discussion Meeting on UHC and Population
Ageing, 14 to 15 July 2017, Tokyo, Japan;
viii. 47 World Congress Of Surgery 2017, 11 to 17 August 2017, Basel, Switzerland;
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ix. World Food Summit, 22 to 25 August 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark;
x. 7 APEC High Level Meeting on Health and the Economy, 23 to 24 August 2017, Ho Chi Minh
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City, Viet Nam;
xi. 13 ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM), 7 ASEAN+3 Health Ministers Meeting (APTHMM)
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and 6 ASEAN-China Health Ministers Meeting (APCHMM) 6 to 7 September 2017, Brunei
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Darussalam;
xii. 88 ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services (CCS), 9 to 12 October 2017, Siem Reap,
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Cambodia;
xiii. Honourable Minister of Health Malaysia’s Working Visit to Melbourne, Australia, 12 to 14 October
2017;
xiv. Eat Asia-Pacific Food Forum, 30 to 31 October 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia; and
xv. Congress of Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery, 1 to 3 November 2017, Okinawa, Japan.

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