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Title: | Malta : the national cancer plan : strengthening the system |
Other Titles: | Healthcare systems : future predictions for global care |
Authors: | Buttigieg, Sandra C. Grech, Kenneth Azzopardi Muscat, Natasha |
Keywords: | Public health -- Malta Cancer -- Diagnosis Cancer -- Epidemiology Cancer -- Government policy -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group |
Citation: | Buttigieg, S. C., Grech, K., & Azzopardi-Muscat, N. (2018). Malta : the national cancer plan : strengthening the system. In J. Braithwaite, R. Mannion, Y. Matsuyama, P. G. Shekelle, S. Whittaker & S. Al-Adawi (Eds.) Healthcare systems : future predictions for global care (pp. 199-204). Florida: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. |
Abstract: | Malta, the smallest European Union (EU) member state, with a population of 425,384, has a universal health system where care is mainly provided freely by the state, alongside a small private sector (National Statistics Office [Malta], 2014). In Malta, cancer mortality as a proportion of all mortality is increasing— rising from 24% in 1997 to 26.6% in 2007 and 26.9% in 2013 (England, 2013). The Maltese cancer strategy, launched in 2011, requires strong public health leadership and transdisciplinary competence and collaboration (Ministry for Health, the Elderly and Community Care [Malta], 2011). By adopting a One Health approach in the prevention of cancers, Malta aims to achieve earlier diagnosis, lower mortality, and better survival rates for treatable cancers. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45207 |
ISBN: | 9781138052604 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScHSM |
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