Good Governance in 21st Century, Opportunities, Threats, Weaknesses and Strengths.

1. 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

2. 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

3. MYSIHAT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
CHAIRMAN
16 BOARD MEMBERS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
CORPORATE & COMMUNICATION DIVISION
PLANNING AND EVALUATION DIVISION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Strategic Plan 2013-2017 Key Result Areas
Empowerment of individual and community to be responsible for their health
Health Awareness and healthy lifestyle

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. “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)

13. Q&A………..

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