Budget 2020 – incentivise healthy behaviour

FOR the upcoming Budget 2020, the Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy calls upon the Malaysian government to strengthen its commitment and emphasis on encouraging healthy behaviour with increased investments in preventing health problems. This should involve a multi-ministerial approach involving the budgets of the Health; Women, Family and Community Development; Education; and Youth and Sports Ministries.

People need to be healthy, be responsible for their own health, and invest in their own well-being to prevent the onset of non-communicable diseases and be better prepared for medical emergencies such as catastrophic injuries and illnesses.