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Budget 2025: Breaking Down Health Allocations

Dr Muralli Munisamy, Managing Director, National Cancer Society of Malaysia | Dr Amjad Rabi, Social and Human Security Economist

21-Oct-24 16:00

Budget 2025: Breaking Down Health Allocations

What did Budget 2025 deliver for Malaysia’s healthcare needs? For an analysis of the healthcare allocations in next year’s budget, we have Dr Muralli Munisamy, Managing Director of the National Cancer Society of Malaysia, and Dr Amjad Rabi, a social and human security economist. We'll also be taking a look at the longer-term reforms needed for health financing, beyond the annual national budgeting cycle.

This BFM Budget 2025 Special is brought to you by Mah Sing. Reinvent Spaces. Enhance Life.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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