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The Future of Diabetes
in Malaysia
Dato Sri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman
Di rector General of Heal th, Mal aysi a

Keynote Address
Malaysian Diabetes Educators Society Seminar 2012
Subang Jaya, Selangor

20 Apri l 2012

hasar@moh. gov. my

Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Ministry of Health
Malaysia
National Health and
Morbidity Surveys
Also known as NHMS
Population-based survey conducted by MOH
NHMS I (1986), NHMS II (1996) & NHMS III (2006)
Latest NHMS 2011
For NCD risk factors, now conducted every 4 years
Based on WHO STEPwise Methodology
Sampling Frame:
National Household Sampling Frame made up of
Enumeration Blocks (EBs) derived from the Population and
Housing Census, Malaysia (2010)
Sampling Design:
Multistage Random Sampling (28 strata)

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Ministry of Health
Malaysia NHMS 2011: Diabetes
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Prevalence of Diabetes, 18 years,
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Burden of Diabetes in Malaysia:
Trends & Projections by 2020
(Adults age 18 years and above)
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Est. population, 2006 Est. population, 2011 Prevalence projection, 2006 Prevalence projection, 2011
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Deaths in MOH Hospitals due to
Circulatory Diseases & Cancer:
Projections by 2020
y = 605.97x + 8657.9
R = 0.9027
y = 305.31x + 3776.1
R = 0.9542
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Circulatory diseases Malignant neoplasms Projected, Circulatory diseases Projected, Cancer
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Primary Renal Diseases:
Projections by 2020
y = 314.5x + 1735.7
R = 0.9634
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New dialysis patients
New dialysis patients Projected new dialysis patients
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia National Diabetes Registry
Web-based application
Went live on 1 January 2011
Supports the implementation of the annual Diabetes
Clinical Audit amongst Type 2 Diabetes patients in MOH
Health Clinics
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
NDR Patients registered
(Active patients; as of 18 April 2012)
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States Returns
Coverage of registration (Active patients)
NDR % Coverage
Johor 81,013 77,351 95.5
Kedah 77,931 30,093 38.6
Kelantan 24,774 22,459 90.7
Melaka 31,427 34,433 109.6
Negeri Sembilan 39,393 44,056 111.8
Pahang 43,871 36,505 83.2
Perak 68,372 60,101 87.9
Perlis 10,338 9,082 87.9
Pulau Pinang 31,895 39,260 123.1
Sabah 9,205 10,162 110.4
Sarawak 64,848 40,510 62.5
Selangor 104,137 90,953 87.3
Terengganu 16,944 18,701 110.4
WP Kuala Lumpur 23,728 29,773 125.5
WP Labuan 535 594 111.0
Malaysia 628,411 544,033 86.6
Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Diabetes Clinical Audit (2011)
Variable Targets
Total no. of
tests
Meeting
target (%)
Mean 95% CI
HbA1c < 6.5 % 53,149 22.5 8.2 8.2 - 8.2
BP : Systolic < 130 mmHg 70,356 49.0 135.4 135.3 - 135.5
BP: Diastolic < 80 mmHg 70,344 66.5 78.9 78.9 - 79.0
Blood pressure < 130 / 80 mmHg 70,328 42.0
Total cholesterol < 4.5 mmol/l 55,591 26.4 5.2 5.2 - 5.2
TG 1.7 mmol/l 55,140 58.8 1.9 1.9 - 1.9
HDL 1.1 mmol/l 38,348 65.9 1.3 1.3 - 1.3
LDL 2.6 mmol/l 37,707 34.6 3.2 3.1 - 3.2
BMI < 23 kg/m2 61,544 16.3 27.4 27.4 - 27.5
Waist
circumference
< 90 cm (Male) 19,761 35.0 93.7 93.5 - 93.8
< 80 cm (Female) 32,131 15.2 90.4 90.3 - 90.5
Total: 75,411 Patients
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Anti-Diabetics 2009 2010 2011
Metformin 81.7% 85.7% 82.3%
Sulphonylureas 65.2% 62.9% 59.5%
Alpha-glucosidase
inhibitors
4.7% 5.9% 6.5%
Insulin 12.0% 11.9% 17.1%
Monotherapy (OHA) 33.6% 34.1% 27.8%
>= 2 OHA 51.1% 51.7% 48.7%
OHA +insulin 8.8% 8.9% 13.2%
Diet only 3.4% 2.3% 6.4%
Diabetes Clinical Audit
(2009-2011)
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia Main Issues for Malaysia
Increasing
prevalence of
diabetes
Unsatisfactory
quality of care
High numbers
of
undiagnosed
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Response at the Global level
UN Resolution A/66/L.1: Political Declaration of the High-level
Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and
Control of Non-Communicable Disease
19 September 2011, New York
Malaysia is signatory to
this declaration
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Malaysia
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Commitment
of government
National
leadership &
ownership
Early
diagnosis &
treatment
Prevention
Health
system
strengthening
Research &
development
Resourcing
Global
development
agenda
Collaborative
partnerships
with NGOs
Monitoring
&
evaluation
Follow-up
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
National Strategic Plan for
Non-Communicable Diseases
(NSP-NCD) 2010-2014
Presented and approved by the Cabinet on 17
December 2010
Provides the framework for strengthening NCD
prevention & control program in Malaysia
Adopts the whole-of-government and whole-
of-society approach
Seven Strategies:
1. Prevention and Promotion
2. Clinical Management
3. Increasing Patient
Compliance
4. Action with NGOs,
Professional Bodies & Other
Stakeholders
5. Monitoring, Research and
Surveillance
6. Capacity Building
7. Policy and Regulatory
interventions
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Cabinet Committee for A Health
Promoting Environment
To support the implementation of NSP-NCD, the Cabinet on 17 December
2010 approved the establishment of a Cabinet-level committee, chaired by
the Right Honourable Deputy Prime Minister, and comprises of 10 members
1. Minister of Health
2. Minister of Education
3. Minister of Information, Communications, Arts & Culture
4. Minister of Rural & Regional Development
5. Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
6. Minister of Youth & Sports
7. Minister of Human Resource
8. Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism
9. Minister of Housing and Local Governments
10. Minister of Women, Family and Social Affairs
Main TOR: To determine policies that creates a living
environment which supports positive behavioural
changes of the population towards healthy eating and
active living
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Policy & Regulatory
Interventions
Guideline on Marketing of food and beverages
to children
Involvement of industries
Healthy eating environment in schools
New guideline on school canteen food & beverages
Banning of sale of food & beverages by mobile vendors
outside of school perimeters
Commitment of industries
Decrease the salt , sugar and fat content in food and
beverages
Improvement of food labels
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Continued..
Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Policy & Regulatory
Interventions
Health-promoting workplaces in the public sector
Healthy menus during meetings
Healthy vending machines
Anti-obesity Law, year 2020
Looking at Japan as an example
Salt reduction Strategy for Malaysia
Formalising and strengthening current efforts in Malaysia
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Multi-
disciplinary care
team (in health
clinics)
Post-basic
training for
paramedics
Clinical practice
guidelines
Quality
improvement
programs
Clinical
information
systems
Patient
resource
centres
1Malaysia clinics
Strengthening Chronic Disease
Management at the primary
care level
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Recognising & Addressing the
Complexities of Diabetes
Management
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Diabetes
Patients
Glycaemic
targets
Other
Metabolic
targets
Newer &
better
medications
Improved
glucose testing
equipment
Interactions
with Mental
Health
Greater
complexity of
nutrition
Still human
& susceptible
to usual non-
diabetic
conditions
such as flu or
cancers
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia Diabetes Educators
Healthcare professionals who focus on helping people
with diabetes achieve behavioural change goals
Highly skilled professional, integral to the multi-
disciplinary diabetes care teams
Possess the skills and competencies to provide education
about diabetes self-management to other health care
providers
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Empowering patients for
more than good self-care
Empowerment is an important
approach to diabetes self
management.
But we should also help them speak
out about important issues that could
affect the health of others.
It has worked for the HIV community
before.
The voice of the people can influence
policy-makers particularly those
outside of the health sector and
politicians.


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People with diabetes and
their families have a right
to speak out, not only for
their own health, but for
that of their community.
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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Accepting and Embracing
Globalisation
Globalisation is inevitable especially
for a developing country such as
Malaysia.
Unfortunately, with globalisation, we are
also importing the unhealthy NCD risk
factors from the western developed
countries unhealthy foods, physically
inactive lifestyles.
We are part of an ever-shrinking world.
We need to think about more than our
own workplace, city, state or even
country
There is much we can learn from other
countries regarding approaches to
diabetes prevention and control.

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Ministry of Health
Malaysia Challenges
The main challenge in policy and regulatory interventions
remain that they are mostly under the responsibilities of
ministries and departments other than Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health needs to take leadership role.
Need to find a win-win solution mutuality of interest.
Economic and political consideration remains paramount
and needs to be acknowledged.
We have taken the initial small steps to achieve the
whole-of-government approach; but much still needs to
be done.

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Ministry of Health
Malaysia
Thank you
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