Govt Merges 3 Cabinet Committees On Health Into One

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Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the decision to restructure was made during the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Dengue, which he chaired today. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Three Cabinet committees under the health ministry have been merged into a single entity known as the Cabinet Committee on National Health.
According to Bernama, deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the decision to restructure was made during the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Dengue, which he chaired today.
The three committees involved are the Cabinet Committee on Dengue, the Cabinet Committee on Agenda Nasional Malaysia Sihat and the Special Cabinet Committee to Combat Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Children.
“These committees will now be combined and known as the Cabinet Committee on National Health. Meetings will be held three times a year,” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Zahid said the health ministry recorded 122,423 cases of dengue fever and 117 deaths due to dengue in 2024, a 0.6% drop in the number of cases but a 17% increase in the death toll compared with 2023.
“The number of cases reported at the beginning of 2024 exceeded 3,000 cases per week. However, there was positive progress, with a downward trend in cases, starting from epidemiological week 29 (July 20, 2024).
“Currently, the weekly average has significantly decreased to around 1,200 to 1,500 cases per week, which is below the five-year median level,” he said.
Zahid said as of epidemiological week 4 (Jan 25, 2025), a total of 5,537 dengue cases and three deaths had been recorded, compared with 14,458 cases and nine deaths during the same period in 2024. - FMT

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