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KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry (MoH) aims to reduce cases of high blood pressure in the country by 25% by 2025.
Its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said during that period, MoH also aims to reduce salt consumption by 30% in addition to preventing an increase in the obesity rate by ensuring that it remains below the 15% level.
“As for diabetes, we found that 31.89% of diabetic patients have reached a good level of colon diabetes, which is an HbA1c reading of less than 6.5%.
“For diabetes, we also monitor through blood glucose level measurements every three months for patients treated at health clinics and this monitoring is done through the National Diabetes Registry,” she said.
She was replying to a supplementary question from Datuk Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (Balik Pulau-PH) regarding the ministry’s targets to reduce the number of people suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure in the country during the question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat today. – Bernama, June 12, 2023