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Combating COVID-19 in Malaysia:



             WHO Collaboration
















                                                                                                                     MATHEMATICAL MODELLING    INFODEMIC MANAGEMENT















                                                                                                                         EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION








              In combating COVID-19 pandemic globally,      In Malaysia, WHO Regional Office for the Western   New South Wales and University of Monash.
              World Health Organization (WHO) has been      Pacific and its country office continuously        Apart from that, Ministry of Health Malaysia
              actively developing and implementing action   provide supports and a platform for training in    always keep updated with the guidelines and
              plans to promote the timely dissemination     country-level projection modelling for hospitals   evidence-based information provided by WHO
              of science-based information and prevent      and quarantine facilities preparedness, in         in policy and decision-making to be adapted at
              the spread of false information especially in   collaboration with Malaysian Health Technology   country-level.
              managing the COVID-19 infodemic.              Assessment Section (MaHTAS), University of






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