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Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward

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 b...

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Main Authors: Chandran, Arunah, Kumar, Shurendar Selva, Hairi, Noran Naqiah, Low, Wah Yun, Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan
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spelling my.um.eprints.280322022-06-14T08:39:28Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/28032/ Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward Chandran, Arunah Kumar, Shurendar Selva Hairi, Noran Naqiah Low, Wah Yun Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan GE Environmental Sciences 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. Frontiers Media 2021-07-06 Article PeerReviewed Chandran, Arunah and Kumar, Shurendar Selva and Hairi, Noran Naqiah and Low, Wah Yun and Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan (2021) Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. ISSN 2296-2565, DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.698741 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.698741>. 10.3389/fpubh.2021.698741
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
Chandran, Arunah
Kumar, Shurendar Selva
Hairi, Noran Naqiah
Low, Wah Yun
Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan
Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
description 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.
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author Chandran, Arunah
Kumar, Shurendar Selva
Hairi, Noran Naqiah
Low, Wah Yun
Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan
author_facet Chandran, Arunah
Kumar, Shurendar Selva
Hairi, Noran Naqiah
Low, Wah Yun
Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan
author_sort Chandran, Arunah
title Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
title_short Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
title_full Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
title_fullStr Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
title_full_unstemmed Non-communicable disease surveillance in Malaysia: An overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
title_sort non-communicable disease surveillance in malaysia: an overview of existing systems and priorities going forward
publisher Frontiers Media
publishDate 2021
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