Malaysia legislation
Section 14
Section 14
The objectives of the Board are—
(a)
to develop the capacity of organizations including health related and community based organizations for health promotion;
(b)
to plan and implement health promotion programmes and activities for the benefit of the community, with a particular focus on youth;
(c)
to develop and support multi-strategy programmes that promote and support healthy lifestyles and healthy environments through various settings and sectors;
(d)
to develop and support programmes to improve population health by preventing, reducing or stopping the use of tobacco products;
(e)
to fund research relevant to health promotion; and
(f)
to fund and support sporting, recreational and cultural organizations to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy environments.
Functions of the Board