The 32nd Malaysia-Thailand Border Health Meeting Goodwill Scientific Conference 2019 is currently ongoing in Putrajaya from 17-20th June, hosted by the Kelantan State Health Department and co-hosted by the Narathiwat Provincial Public Health Office.
The Thailand delegation is led by The Honourable Dr. Jesada Chaikunrat, Inspector General Region 12, Representative of the Inspector General, Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Thailand. Altogether, there are 210 delegates from MOH Malaysia (State Health Departments of Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis and Perak) and MOPH Thailand (Provincial Public Health Offices of Narathiwat, Yala, Songkhla and Satun). As we are all aware, public health threats know no boundaries and can disrupt socio-economic activities of both affected and non-affected countries. We are living in a region where there have been many outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging diseases especially in the past few years. As the bordering provinces and states of Thailand and Malaysia have many commonalities due to our similar geography, weather and people, occurrences of diseases peculiar to both countries would also be common.
In this conference, there will be discussions on issues related to public health, medical development, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and food safety and quality control. The State-Province group discussions will involve Kelantan-Narathiwat, Perak-Yala, Kedah-Songkhla, Perlis-Satun and Drug Enforcement and Food Safety.
These discussions would provide an opportunity to share technical knowledge, expertise and experiences while increasing multisector alliances between us. It is hoped that this meeting will lead to the continued successful bilateral cooperation on health matters between our two countries.
Sekalung penghargaan diucapkan buat YBrs Dr Norliza Mohamed, Pengarah Bahagian Dasar dan Perancangan Strategik Kesihatan Pergigian, Program Kesihatan Pergigian, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia yang akan bersara mulai 12 Jun 2019 setelah 36 tahun berkhidmat di dalam perkhidmatan awam. Beliau telah menanggung kerja sebagai Pengarah Kanan Program Kesihatan Pergigian KKM sejak 12 Feburari 2019 yang lalu.
Terima kasih di atas segala jasa yang ditabur dalam memantapkan Program Kesihatan Pergigian. Selamat maju jaya, semoga diberkati dengan kesihatan dan selamat bersara.
Tahniah juga diucapkan kepada Dr Doreyat Jemun,
Pengarah Bahagian Amalan dan Perkembangan Kesihatan Pergigian yang akan menanggung kerja Pengarah Kanan Program Kesihatan Pergigian mulai esok.
Mulai pada tahun ini, buat pertama kalinya Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) mengisytiharkan 7 Jun sebagai Hari Keselamatan Makanan Sedunia bertemakan "Food Safety, Everyone's Business"
Tujuan Hari Keselamatan Makanan Sedunia diperkenalkan adalah bagi mempertingkatkan kesedaran keselamatan makanan dalam melindungi kesihatan pengguna. Dengan adanya Hari Keselamatan Makanan Sedunia, ia membantu semua pihak memberi tumpuan dalam mencegah, mengesan dan menguruskan risiko kepada kesihatan berpunca dari pengambilan makanan yang tidak selamat.' Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) menyokong inisiatif PBB ini. Di Malaysia, perancangan, pemantauan dan penilaian aktiviti kawalan keselamatan makanan dilaksanakan di bawah Bahagian Keselamatan dan Kualiti Makanan (BKKM) meliputi peringkat negeri, daerah dan pintu masuk negara. BKKM sentiasa memantau isu keselamatan makanan supaya makanan yang diambil adalah selamat dan mematuhi Akta Makanan 1983 dan peraturan-peraturan dibawahnya.
Hari Keselamatan Makanan Sedunia menyediakan peluang terbaik mengingatkan semua pihak tentang pentingnya keselamatan makanan serta peranan yang boleh dimainkan supaya masyarakat sentiasa yakin dengan keselamatannya. "Food Safety, Everyone's Business"
*Press Statement DG of Health 29 May 2019 – 72nd World Health Assembly Resolution On ‘Improving the Transparency of Markets for Medicines, Vaccines, and Other Health Products’* The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) welcomes a successful resolution laid out on ‘Improving the Transparency of Markets for Medicines, Vaccines, and Other Health Products’ at the World Health Organization 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) held on 20th to 28th May 2019, Geneva. This was after intense negotiations with Member States to agree with the draft resolution proposed by Italy. Malaysia is one of the initial six (6) co-sponsors (Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Serbia, Spain and Uganda) to the resolution that gradually gained support from nineteen (19) countries (Andorra, Brazil, Egypt, Eswatini, Greece, India, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and Uganda). Malaysia strongly supports the initiative to encourage more transparency and improved policies and actions to ensure fairer pricing and reduction of out-of-pocket payments. The Ministry believes that a sustainable fairer pricing system is needed for both health systems and pharmaceutical industries. This landmark agreement is a first step towards a more open dialogue about price transparency to improve access to medicines.
Read more at https://kpkesihatan.com/2019/05/29/press-statement-dg-of-health-29-may-2019-72nd-world-health-assembly-resolution-on-improving-the-transparency-of-markets-for-medicines-vaccines-and-other-health-products/
