Mapping Tool To Assess National Health Promotion Capacity
By P Marilyn

Bandar Seri Begawan - The 21st Century has brought about many changes in various ways and forms resulting in serious health implications.

The changes create challenges and new competitors in the form of re-emergence of old communicable diseases, emergence of new communicable diseases, emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases, globalisation, lifestyles, social ills and accelerated advancement in technologies.

This was stated by Malai Hj Abdullah bin Malai Hj Othman, co-chairperson of the organising committee for the workshop on National Health Promotion Capacity Mapping Tool that was held yesterday at the Orchid Garden Hotel.

"The World Health Organization (WHO), Western Pacific Region has chosen three participating countries to conduct their workshops as part of their ongoing efforts to improve the methodology used in mapping national capacity for health promotion in countries around the region and Brunei Darussalam was one of the chosen countries," said Malai Hj Abdullah.

"The workshop is timely as it is the appropriate time to make an assessment of the nation's capacity for health promotion and that it will serve as a starting point for all stakeholders to coordinate, cooperate and align the health education and promotion in facing today's Health challenges/competitors."

More than 50 participants comprising representatives from various ministries attended the workshop. The guest of honour, Awg Yusof bin Amba, Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health in his opening address said, "Health promotion is one of the priority policy objectives of the Ministry of Health towards improving the health and quality of life of its people.

It has been documented as a major initiative in the Ministry of Health's National Health Care Plan (NHCP) 2000-2010." -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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