In 2013, the World Health Organization developed nine global voluntary targets to combat mortality from noncommunicable diseases – one of which is to reduce mean population salt intake by 30% by 2025. Like many countries around the world, the Government of Malaysia has developed a five-year, multi-faceted salt reduction strategy (2015-2020) to reduce population salt intake by 15% by 2020. To ensure the target is achieved, it is crucial to monitor progress during implementation of these complex and long-term interventions, and adapt the strategy to overcome contextual challenges and leverage facilitators. This report shows how an interim evaluation of Malaysia’s implementation progress and the barriers and drivers for implementation and salt reduction, can be used to generate information about the necessary adaptations to strengthen the salt reduction strategy in 2019-2020. The report provides six recommendations for strengthening Malaysia’s salt reduction strategy as well as a framework for other countries to monitor their implementation progress.
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