Public Health #11: Are Public Health Campaigns A Failure?

Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO , Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Consultant Public Health Physician and Deputy Director, Non-Communicable Disease Section, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health

10-Oct-18 16:15

Public Health #11: Are Public Health Campaigns A Failure?

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Smoking, dengue prevention, chronic lifestyle diseases – these are some of the public health problems that have reached epidemic levels in Malaysia, despite all the efforts being made to address them. Dr Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Deputy Director of the Non-Communicable Disease Section, Ministry of Health, joins Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO of Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy, to discuss whether public health campaigns in Malaysia have been effective when it comes to changing people’s attitudes.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy

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Categories: Health Policy, Diseases and Conditions, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Fitness, Science, Medical Innovation and Technology

Tags: epidemic, campaign, advertising, Tak Nak, dengue, smoking, diabetes, obesity, Health and Living, The Bigger Picture,

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