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INTRODUCTION

The Public Health Programme is responsible to help individuals and community to achieve and maintain
an optimum level of health by providing basic health care. To achieve that mission, the Programme
provided services such as disease prevention and control, curative and rehabilitative care through
integration in all levels of health service and to promote health so that it becomes a practice among all
individuals and the people.

OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH (PUBLIC HEALTH)

POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY & SERVICE SECTION

One of the core activities of the Public Health Development Division is to provide direction and policy
requirements related to the formulation of policy development activities of the Public Health Service.
This is to ensure thus policy compatible with the current situation and in line with the direction and
goals of Ministry of Health in general.

Current platform used for the above purpose is through Public Health Program Exco & Policy Meeting
chaired by Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health). Besides that, there is also public health
policy formation which has been decided by “top down” of stakeholders from top management or
“political masters” of national interest and in particular a direct impact on society.

In year 2017, a total of three (3) Public Health Program Policy Executive Committee Meeting has been
successfully carried out in which a total of 11 papers were presented. General analysis found that five
(5) policy papers were presented and approved. The breakdown of Policy Paper presentation in year
2017 is shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1
Number of Policy Paper and Notification Paper Year 2017 per division

No of Policy No of Notification
No Division Total
Paper Paper
1. Division of Disease Control 3 3 6

2. Division of Nutrition 3 0 3
3. Division of Engineering Services 0 1 1
4. Pahang State Health Department 0 1 1

Total 6 5 11

Source: Public health Development Division, MoH

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