KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to overcome the challenges of achieving universal health coverage (UHC), says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Health Minister said this will be done by focussing on implementing Enhanced Primary Health Care programmes that will address increasing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health cases. Dr Dzulkefly said that the 2017 Global Monitoring Report on Tracking Universal Health Coverage showed that Malaysia scored 70% in the UHC service coverage index. Dr Dzulkefly said Malaysia will also enhance data quality and carry out data analytics on the available health indicators by utilising its centralised data storage system, MyHealth Data Warehouse (MyHDW). However, Dr Dzulkefly said that “leaving no one behind” has been the core of the government's policy-making.

Source: The Star May 21, 2019 14:37 UTC