MALAYSIAN HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD

AT

A Joint Collaborative Effort Organized By MyWATCH – SEATCA – MySihat

Seminar on

“GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ETHICAL CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY” 4th of September 2014

WESTMINSTER INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, SUBANG JAYA

BACKGROUND

• Malaysian Health Promotion Board (commonly

known as MySihat) - Laws of Malaysia, Act

651(2006)

• This Act cited as the Malaysian Health Promotion

Board Act 2006 and comes into operation on 1 April

2007.

• Budget is allocated annually by the Government of

Malaysia through the Ministry of Health

• Annual budget USD3.2 million

• Accountable to the Ministry of Health and the House

of Parliament

MYSIHAT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

CHAIRMAN

16 BOARD

MEMBERS

CHIEF

EXECUTIVE

OFFICER

MANAGEMENT

DIVISION

CORPORATE &

COMMUNICATION

DIVISION

PLANNING AND

EVALUATION DIVISION

RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION

Composition of MySihat Budget

Outlays 2009- Jun 2014 Year Operation Grant Total

(USD)

(USD) % (USD) %

2009 2,890,612 34 5,539,711 66 8,430,323

2010 1,957,213 38 3,129,561 62 5,086,774

2011 2,138,640 38 3,548,387 62 5,687,027

2012 1,737,161 28 4,382,832 72 6,119,993

2013 1,753,409 37 2,924,011 63 4,677,419

2014 1,518,418 47 1,707,388 53 3,225,806

Total 11,995,452 36 21,231,891 64 33,227,343

LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO HEALTH PROMOTION FUND

(Section 18(2), Malaysian Health Promotion Board

- Laws of Malaysia, Act 651(2006)

• Stated that:

– The proportion of the fund to be disbursed annually to the different

sectors shall be determined by the Board as follows:

Amounts being not less than fifty percent of the total amount

disbursed in any one year to be disbursed to health organizations

for health promotion programs and activities;

Amounts being not more than thirty percent of the total amount

disbursed in any one year to be disbursed to sporting and

recreational organizations for health promotion programs and

activities;

Amounts being not more than ten percent of the total amount

disbursed in any one year to be disbursed to cultural organizations

for health promotion programs and activities.

Strategic Plan 2013-2017

Key Result Areas

Empowerment of individual and

community to be responsible for

their health

Health Awareness and healthy

lifestyle

Strategic Plan 2013-2017

11 Priorities for Focus

Prevention and control of

tobacco

Promotion of healthy

lifestyles, including

promotion of exercise

/physical activity and

healthy eating

Environmental health

Mental health

Cancer prevention

Diabetes prevention

Cardiovascular disease

prevention

Prevention of obesity

Sexual health(including

HIV/AIDS)

Research in health

promotion

Promoting health through

sport, cultural and arts

activities

PAST YEAR HIGHLIGHTS • Good Governance

– Revised Health Promotion Grant Management

• Health Promotion Program

– MySihat Leadership Program

Promote comprehensive tobacco-free campus of the University

of Science Malaysia

– NCD Community Based Projects

• Support NGOs and communities to implement tobacco

controls intervention.

• NCD Intervention Community Based Projects

• Program Senam, Sihat dan Cergas- Community-based

Physical Activity

PAST YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Smoke Free Cites/States

–Support states, tribes and communities to

implement tobacco controls intervention and

policies

• Partnership Program

–Sunway Malaysia – Health Promoting Mall

–State Government – Malaysian Initiative

Smoke Free Cities

PAST YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Blue Ribbon Campaign

– Recognition and appreciation of the role of individuals,

groups, institutions, communities, government

agencies that have contributed to the initiative to

create smoke-free environments.

– Encourage more owner of the premises to participate

& involved in the creation of smoke free environment

– Support efforts to create smoke free environments

CHALLENGES • Increasing demand for MySihat`s grant

• Lack of capacity building for non-governmental

organizations on health promotion project

• Limited number of effective Smoke Free Program

to improve population health

• Ineffective monitoring and evaluation on health

promotion projects

• Urbanization

“Eating-out is not a new phenomenon in Malaysia, but the changing

life style in the urban areas has encouraged greater numbers of the

urban population practicing eating-out. Both external forces in the

urban environment and internal drive in homes resulted in current

trend of behavior in food taking. The increase of urban population

and their changing needs have been met by the changing urban

landscape but not without the risk of unhealthy eating. Hence,

educating the public of healthy eating, together with social

responsibility among food entrepreneurs and good governance by

every local authorities are important factors for quality of life in urban

communities.”

The food consumption and eating behaviour of Malaysian urbanites: Noraziah Ali & Mohd Azlan Abdullah

(Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012)

Q&A………..

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