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GE15: Will The Next Government Make Tough Decisions For Public Health?

Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy

01-Nov-22 07:45

GE15: Will The Next Government Make Tough Decisions For Public Health?

The Covid-19 pandemic experience underscored the importance of prioritising healthcare issues in government policy. In addition to over 30,000 lives lost to the virus, the pandemic revealed the gaps in Malaysia's creaking public healthcare infrastructure. What should the next government be looking to prioritise in public health policy? Azrul Mohd Khalib of the Galen Centre gives us his election manifesto wishlist.

 

Image credit: Shutterstock

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Chong Tjen San


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Categories:  government,  health policy,  managing disease

Tags:  ge15,  pru15,  malaysiamemilih,  public healthcare system,  public health policy, 


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