Friday, August 23, 2019

Upjohn iManage MOU Signing Ceremony

Pfizer Upjohn signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
With its 7 partners for iMANAGE
(Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases For Non-Governmental Organisations),
A structured alliance of private healthcare providers,
To create an integrated healthcare programme.

iMANAGE is an initiative,
To develop and delivery accredited trainings,
Support systems,
And professional networking
Among general practitioners (GPs)
Specialists and pharmacists...


The 7 partners:
Malaysia Association of the Study of Pain (MASP)
Academy of Family Physicians Malaysia (AFPM)
Malaysia Society of Hypertension (MSH)
Malaysian Psychiatric Association (MPA)
National Heart Association Malaysia (NHAM)
Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)
Malaysia Pharmaceutical Society (MPS)

NCDs are significant public health concert,
As the leading cause of dealth globally and locaaly.
In Malaysia,
NCDs such as cardiovascular disease (CVD),
Cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease cause 73% of deaths,
With half of them due to CVD (Most common are heart attack and stroke)
Yet, undiagnosed NCD cases are high and continue to rise each year..
There's a critical need for increased patient education,
And better management of NCDs.

The Ministry of Healthy (MOH) has highlighted the financial,
Emotion and human costs resulting nCDs as a serious concern,
And ramped up efforts to address it.
With this effect,
The government has acknowledged,
The importance of partnerships,
Between different stakeholders,
To drive efforts around curbing the rising rate of NCDs.

Heeding the call by MOH,
Pfizer Upjohn has developed iMANAGE,
With 7 healthycare partners.
iMANAGE pilot programmed will be kicked off in Klang Valley,
With the objectives of standardising care across the private healthcare providers,
Promoting knowledge-sharing through a structured support system,
And improving literacy rate...

The programme will be executed through 3 key pillars:
Education, Digital Networking and Mobile application..

Upjohn,
A new Pfizer division,
Is primarily focused on relieving the burden of NCDs,
And delivers healthcare solutions,
That extend beyond medicines,
Such as high-quality educational resources that help,
To support health promotion,
Disease prevention and healthy aging.


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