Non-communicable Disease Surveillance in Malaysia

An Overview of Existing Systems and Priorities Going Forward

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ID22067397
AuthorsArunah Chandran (0000-0002-8722-9734, Ministry of Health), Shurendar Selva Kumar (Ministry of Health), Noran Naqiah Hairi (0000-0002-2692-9016, University of Malaya), Wah Yun Low (0000-0003-4409-1509, University of Malaya), Feisul Mustapha (0000-0003-3497-341X, Ministry of Health, corresponding author), Feisul Idzwan Mustapha
Year2021
Volume9
Pages698741-698741
Publication date2021-07-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.698741
PMID34295873
OpenAlexW3180195248
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) set a comprehensive set of nine global voluntary targets, including the landmark “25 by 25” mortality reduction target, and 25 indicators. WHO has also highlighted the importance of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) surveillance as a key action by Member States in addressing NCDs. This study aimed to examine the current national NCD surveillance tools, activities and performance in Malaysia based on the WHO Global Monitoring Framework for NCDs and to highlight gaps and priorities moving forward. A desk review was conducted from August to October in 2020, to examine the current national NCD surveillance activities in Malaysia from multiple sources. Policy and program documents relating to NCD surveillance in Malaysia from 2010 to 2020 were identified and analyzed. The findings of this review are presented according to the three major themes of the Global Monitoring Framework: monitoring of exposure/risk factor, monitoring of outcomes and health system capacity/response. Currently, there is a robust monitoring system for NCD Surveillance in Malaysia for indicators that are monitored by the WHO NCD Global Monitoring Framework, particularly for outcome and exposure monitoring. However, Malaysia still lacks data for the surveillance of the health system indicators of the framework. Although Malaysia has an NCD surveillance in place that is adequate for the WHO NCD Global Monitoring Framework, there are areas that require strengthening. The country must also look beyond these set of indicators in view of the increasing burden and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes incorporating mental health indicators and leveraging on alternate sources of data relating to behaviors

Business · Desk · Disease · Disease surveillance · Economic growth · Environmental health · Environmental resource management · Monitoring and evaluation · Non-communicable disease · Pandemic · Political science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

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