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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages
Item Type: Newsletter
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Year: 00/06/2025
Abstract: As Malaysia transitions to an aging society, the government is prioritizing the "Ageing Nation Agenda" within the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK-13). This initiative is designed to create a robust social safety net for older persons, ensuring they live in an inclusive and supportive environment. To this end, the Government is developing the National Strategic Framework and Plan of Action for the Care Industry 2026-2030.
The National Agenda for a Healthy Malaysia (ANMS) is a key initiative to promote healthy lifestyles and create a health-conscious environment.
Our goal is to reduce the overall burden of diseases while promoting a culture of health and wellness within our communities.
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Ensuring no one is left behind: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Item Type: Newsletter
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Year: 00/00/2016
Abstract: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted by all 193 UN Member States including Malaysia in September 2015. Through these 17 global goals and their 169 targets, Government have committed to eradicate poverty, fight inequalities, build peaceful, inclusive, and resilient societies, and secure the future of the planet and the well being of future generations over the next 15 years. The central objective of the Sustainable Development Goals is to leave no one behind.
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Elderly population
Item Type: Newsletter
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Year: 00/01/2009
Abstract: The total population of the elderly (aged 60 and above) in Malaysia has reached to 2 million, that is 7 per cent out of the total of 27.6 million population. The proportion of the elderly is expected to exceed 10 per cent around the year 2025. Finding from the MPFS-4 focussed on living arrangements, elderly care, loneliness, community involvement, economic activities, sources of financial support and health status of the elderly. Data for this study was drawn from responses of a total of 1,866 elderly.
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