THE Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (a registered body embracing 11 Colleges and 15 Chapters representing medical specialists in Malaysia) is deeply saddened and concerned by the findings of the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), which showed that there is little to no recorded improvement in the prevalence and risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this country.
The only notable progress is the reduction in the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), which has gone down from 47.7% in 2015 to 38.1% in 2019.
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