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4. 68th REGIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING Western Pacific Regional Office WHO
The Western Pacific Regional Committee Meeting is an annual event held in the month of October. For
the year 2017, this meeting was held in Brisbane, Australia from 9 to 13 October 2017. This meeting was
attended by 34 member countrines and the delegation from Malaysia was led by the Honorable Minister
of Health, YB Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam. The main agenda that was Malaysia’s focus were :
i. Measles and Rubella Elimination,
ii. Non communicable Diseases,
iii. Hepatitis B,
iv. Sustainable Development Goalds (SDGs); dan
v. Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies (APSED III Framework)

5. ASEAN 12 ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD) Meeting,
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Brunei Darussalam
The 12th ASEAN SOMHD meeting was held in Brunei and the delegation from Malaysia was led by
Dato’ Dr. Chong Chee Kheong, and accompanied by Datin Dr. Faridah Aryani (Pharmaceutical Services
Division), Dr. Juliana Sharmini Paul (Public Health Development Division) and Dr. Chin Cheow Keat
(Food Safety & Kualiti Division). At this meeting, the Work Programme for ASEAN Health Clusters
1,2 and 3 was endorsed whilst the Work Programme for ASEAN Health Cluster 4 was endorsed ad
referendum. During this meeting, Dr. Juliana Paul delivered a presentation to update members of
the meeting on the achievements of Malaysia, as Lead Country (Chair) for ASEAN Health Cluster 2:
Responding to All Hazards & Emerging Threats.

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ASEAN 12 ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Health
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Development (SOMHD) Meeting, Brunei Darussalam

Source: Public Health Development Division, MoH

6. ASEAN Health Cluster 2: Responding to All Hazards and Emerging Threats (August 2017)
Malaysia, as the Chair/Lead Country had hosted the 3 Meeting of ASEAN Health Cluster 2 in August
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2017, attended by nine (9) ASEAN Member States. This meeting was chaired by Dato’ Dr. Chong Chee
Kheong, Acting Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health). The targets and indicators for each
of the projects within the Work Programme for Health Cluster 2 were discussed in detail at this meeting.

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