Data Request

The Institute for Public Health strives to provide the Ministry of Health Malaysia and all its stakeholders with timely and the highest quality data. All data resulting from research carried out by the Institute for Public Health is for the exclusive use of research team members for one-year period, following the publication of the report.

To support the use of research data in decision and policy making, IPH will consider, on case to case basis, all requested for research data within the above stipulated time period. These data will only be released in an aggregated manner.

Researchers who wished to apply data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) or other surveys, kindly adhere to the procedures as below:

Applicant from the Ministry of Health, Malaysia

A formal letter of application together with a brief study proposal must be submitted to the Director of the IPH for approval

Applicant outside the Ministry of Health, Malaysia

A formal letter of application together with a brief study proposal must be submitted to the Director General of Health for approval

New Data Request Flow Chart

New Data Application Form.