Swee Kheng Khor
Swee Kheng Khor is a visiting senior fellow at the United Nations University International Institute of Global Health. Khor currently specializes in health systems, health policies, and global health using a generalist and a systems viewpoint. Previously, he held progressively senior roles in four practice areas (clinical medicine; refugee & disaster relief; clinical research; and health-care anti-corruption), covering more than ninety countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He holds an MD (National University of Malaysia), an MPH (Berkeley) and a membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters
National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus
Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC
COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region
Why is Southeast Asia Responding Differently to COVID-19?
Fundamental differences and objectives between nation states in Southeast Asia influence their responses to COVID-19
The Politics of the Coronavirus Outbreak
Why are outbreaks common in Asia, and what political choices can governments make to reduce risk of infectious diseases?
The March of Private Health Care in Southeast Asia
How can a government achieve universal coverage for all citizens in a landscape where private care is deeply entrenched?
The Geopolitics of Polio in Southeast Asia
The risk of re-emergence highlights the looming political choices Southeast Asia now needs to make to protect its people
Southeast Asia’s Big Export to the World: Health Professionals
What long-term effect will the brain drain have on SE Asia, on top of a current shortfall of 700,000 doctors and nurses?