Geographical Locations - Malaysia

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 2,410
• CIA World Factbook - Malaysia

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO Country Profile - Malaysia
• WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Malaysia
• WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Malaysia
• WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) in Manila (Philippines)
• UNDP - Malaysia

Government

• Department of Statistics
• Ministry of Health
• Jerantut Health Department
• Kedah State Health Department
• National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau
• Sarawak Health Department
• Ministry of Health, Malaysia : Department of Public Health
• Public Health Institute
• Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
• National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety
• National Population and Family Development Board

Non-Government

• Alzheimer's Disease Association Malaysia
• Coalition for Tobacco Free Malaysia
• Disability Malaysia.com
• Federation of Family Planning Associations Malaysia
• HOPE Worldwide - Hope Worldwide is an international non-profit, non-religious, organization established throughout the world. The organisation has been operating a free clinic in Kuala Lumpur since 2000.
• Kuching - Healthy City
• Malaysian AIDS Council
• Malaysian Diabetes Association
• Malaysian Medical Association
• Malaysian Mental Health Association
• Malaysian Red Crescent Society
• Malaysian Society for Quality in Health
• National Heart Institute
• National Cancer Society of Malaysia (Persatuan Kebangsaan Kanser Malaysia)
• Nutrition Society of Malaysia
• Pelangi Foundation
• Pengasih Malaysia - Pengasi Malaysis is a non-profit organisation established by former drug users. The organisation provides rehabilitation services for those with substance abuse problems including drugs, alcohol and other chemicals.
• Primary Care Doctors Organization Malaysia
• Suaram -Suara Raykat Malaysia or SUARAM is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation. SUARAM's main objective is the protection and realisation of human rights in Malaysia regardless of the government-of-the-day. Its mandate is enshrined in the Malaysian Human Rights Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Academic Institutions

• International Islamic University, Malaysia
• International Medical University, Malaysia
• National University of Malaysia
• University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine
• University of Malaya, Medical Centre
• University of Malaysia, Sabah
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

• University Putra Malaysia

• University Sains Malaysia, Health Campus

National Policy and Related Documents

• Code of Medical Ethics, Malaysian Medical Association

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Equity in Health Care Financing: The Case of Malaysia
  Background: Equitable financing is a key objective of health care systems. Its importance is evidenced in policy documents, policy statements, the work of health economists and policy analysts. The conventional categorisations of finance sources for health care are taxation, social health insurance, private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments. There are nonetheless increasing variations in the finance sources used to fund health care. An understanding of the equity implications would help policy makers in achieving equitable financing. Objective: The primary purpose of this paper was to comprehensively assess the equity of health care financing in Malaysia, which represents a new country context for the quantitative techniques used. The paper evaluated each of the five financing sources (direct taxes, indirect taxes, contributions to Employee Provident Fund and Social Security Organization, private insurance and out-of-pocket payments) independently, and subsequently by combined the financing sources to evaluate the whole financing system. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were performed on the Household Expenditure Survey Malaysia 1998/99, using Stata statistical software package. In order to assess inequality, progressivity of each finance sources and the whole financing system was measured by Kakwani’s progressivity index. Results: Results showed that Malaysia’s predominantly tax-financed system was slightly progressive with a Kakwani’s progressivity index of 0.186. The net progressive effect was produced by four progressive finance sources (in the decreasing order of direct taxes, private insurance premiums, out-of-pocket payments, contributions to EPF and SOCSO) and a regressive finance source (indirect taxes). Conclusions: Malaysia’s two tier health system, of a heavily subsidised public sector and a user charged private sector, has produced a progressive health financing system. The case of Malaysia exemplifies that policy makers can gain an in depth understanding of the equity impact, in order to help shape health financing strategies for the nation. [International Journal for Equity in Health, June 2008, 7:15]

Educational Resources

• WWW Virtual Library: Malaysia
• CDC - Travel Information : South East Asia
• Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences