Selangor Health Partnership Program 2023 aims at improving public health

SELANGOR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 2023 AIMS AT IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH

DECEMBER 1, 2022 @ 10.45AM

(From left) Technical Officer Dr Yamuna Rajoo; Head of Infectious Disease Unit Dr Noriah Ismail; Sectoral Section Chief Assistant Director Aslynda Mohd Dahlan; Selangor State Executive Councillor for Health, Women and Family Empowerment Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud; participants from Universiti Malaya Prof Nur Aishah Mohd Taib and Hamizah Sa'at; Selangkah Ventures Chief Information Officer Dr Helmi Zakariah; dan panel jury member SELHEP2023 Dr Yap Wei Aun.

The Selangor State Government will implement new ideas in public health interventions through the Selangor Health Partnership Program 2023 (SELHEP2023).

Held under the management of the state’s Public Health Standing Committee and the Selangor Public Health Advisory Council (SelPHAC), SELHEP2023 aims to explore potential collaborations with various institutions in the country to improve the state's health programs for 2023.

From 341 expressions of interest, 125 participants had successfully submitted their proposals., 35 of them had been shortlisted and invited for an in-person pitching session that was held on 24 and 25 November 2022 at iSpace, TTDI, Kuala Lumpur in front of a jury panel.

Comprising non-governmental organisations, academics, research institutions and the private sector, the finalists had delivered their ideas based on the eight health key priorities for 2023: mental health, cervical cancer, health aging, non-communicable disease risk factors, early childhood nutrition, health literacy, tuberculosis as well as drug use and addiction.

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The execution of SELHEP2023 is also based on the World Health Organisation’s global strategy to strengthen health systems through the application of digital health technologies for consumers, health professionals, health care providers and industry.
To realise this mission, Selangkah as Selangor’s official digital platform will act as the integration platform for the health interventions proposed through SELHEP2023.

Selangkah Ventures Sdn Bhd’s Chief of Information Technology Dr Helmi Zakariah says, “We hope that initiatives like this will open more doors so that even more high-impact ideas can be discovered.”

The appointment of Selangkah as SELHEP2023's digital platform is justified based on its expertise and experience in handling data digitisation through previous Selangor public health programs including the Vaksin Selangor (SelVAX), Targeted Community Screening for Covid-19, Selangor Saring, and Anak Selangor Anak Sihat (ASAS).

Director and Chief Operating Officer, Selangkah Ventures Sdn Bhd, Datuk Wira S. Satyakumar says, “We have had a high number of successful welfare and healthcare programs deployed by the state, but invaluable data that helps establish baselines, benchmarks and analytics had not been collated comprehensively.

“Digitalisation of these programs through Selangkah will address this void and also benefit future programs, gearing to be better targeted and optimized.”

Selangkah’s role in this matter was also stressed on by the Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari in his Selangor Budget 2023 announcement recently. As a standardisation measure under a sole digitalisation platform, public health programs that have yet to be digitalised will be integrated into the Selangkah App.

Additionally, Selangkah played its part as the secretariat of SELHEP2023. Selangkah was given the responsibility and trust to plan and conduct its promotional campaign, gather and sort the proposal submissions, as well as organise its live pitching sessions.

With the strategies and digital approach introduced through SELHEP2023, it is hoped that improvements in the health sector can be implemented effectively and ultimately generate a high level of impact to the well-being of Selangorians.