Jemilah Mahmood

Jemilah Mahmood is special advisor to the prime minister of Malaysia on public health. In her previous roles, she was under-secretary-general (partnerships) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva and chief of the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat at the United Nations in New York. She founded MERCY Malaysia in 1999 and worked for many years as a humanitarian and an obstetrician/gynecologist.

People walk through Terowongan 4444, built from plastic bottles collected from several rivers around the city in three years, constructed by an Indonesian environmental activist group.
Environment

Indonesia: Why Planetary Health Should Be on the Menu for the G20 Chair

by Renzo R. Guinto, Jemilah Mahmood

President Joko Widodo has the opportunity to champion a "planetary health" approach

Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at the National Monument area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2020. Photo shows several workers in bright red protective suits walking though an open area spraying from tanks they carry on their backs. A monument can be seen in the background. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro
Governance

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

by Swee Kheng Khor, Jeremy Lim, Li Yang Hsu, Jemilah Mahmood

COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region