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© 1972 Oxford University Press

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Health Trends in Three Asian Countries—Ceylon, Malaysia and Singapore

P. ARUMANAYAGAM1, and SOONG FOONG SAN2

1Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Dr. P. Arumanayagam.

Arumanayagam, P. (Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Foong San, S. Health trends in three Asian countries—Ceylon, Malaysia and Singapore. Int. J. Epid. 1972, 1: 101–109.

Three countries which were under British influence, Ceylon, Malaysia and Singapore developed their health services earlier to suit the plantation industry in Ceylon, the plantation and mining industries in Malaysia and the mainly urban population of Singapore. With the attainment of independent status the governments paid more attention to providing total health care, preventive and curative, with special attention being paid to the development of health services in rural areas. Demographic trends, pattern of diseases and other health indicators of the countries are outlined.

The health trends seen also reflect the socio-economic development in these countries. The pressures of a rapidly growing population both in Ceylon and Malaysia are complicating the health problems.


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