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a. Orang Asli Health Service
The Orang Asli Health Service in MoH is formed in 2012 and placed under Office of
Deputy Director General (Public Health). In August 2016, following an organizational-
restructuring, Orang Asli Health Service is placed under the Special Programme Sector.

The MoH remains committed in providing quality services to the Orang Asli community all over
Malaysia. Since the takeover of the Orang Asli Health Service from the Ministry of Rural and Regional
Development, the MoH has strengthened the health care delivery to the Orang Asli population to a
more comprehensive and holistic service.

The main approach of MoH in implementing health care delivery for Orang Asli community is by
increasing the accessibility of health services for the community including Orang Asli that live in the
rural area. This is in line with the 2 Strategic Thrust under the 11 Malaysia Plan: Improving Well
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Being for All.
Several initiatives have been implemented such as:
i. The Flying Doctor Service (FDS) 4-years contract has ended in 2017 and it is renewed for another
two (2) years, until December 2019. This is to ensure continuity of health services to Orang Asli
communities in remote areas of Gua Musang (Kelantan) and Hulu Perak (Perak). This FDS service
covers 17 landing sites in the remote areas that cannot be accessed easily either through land or water.
ii. In order to achieve Universal Access to Quality Health Care which is part of The 2 Strategic Thrust
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of 11 Malaysia Plan - expanding healthcare services with emphasizes to rural and remote areas,
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the MOH has strengthened the Orang Asli Mobile Service. This is to ensure that the 2017 target
of 80 per cent coverage for every five (5) weeks visits to the Orang Asli Villages in the rural area is
achieved. Through this approach the rural Orang Asli community will enjoy regular comprehensive
and optimal health services comparable to existing health services elsewhere in Malaysia.

In 2017, a total of 667,834 health seeking visits involving Orang Asli reported using a variety of health
services offers under MOH Primary Care. (Table 7)

Table 7
Number of Health Seeking Visit Using MoH Primary Health Services
Related To Orang Asli in 2017

No Health Services Health Seeking Visits
1. Outpatient 285,756

2. Antenatal 48,690
3. Postnatal 5,014

4. Family Planning 92,283
5. Children’s Health 122,810

6. Home Visits 113,281
Total 667,834

Source: Public health Development Division, MoH

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