# Jemilah Mahmood

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Driving Vaccination For Herd Immunity

Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Health gives an insider view on efforts to boost vaccination registration to achieve the inoculation target of 70% of the population. Dr. Jemilah sits on the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), and the Special Committe…

Covid Is Back With A Vengeance, So What's Next?

Record daily cases and a public healthcare system at breaking point has Malaysians once again on the back foot. Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Health, Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, discusses measures, advice to the PM, vaccinations and immunity. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri…

Whole-Of-Society Approach Is Needed

With Malaysia facing a third wave of Covid-19 case, we speak to Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Health, on what is the best approach towards flattening the pandemic curve. We also ask if the CMCO is the right balance between public health and the economy,…

Humble in Fighting Covid-19

We examine the government's strategy to combat Covid-19 with Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Public Health Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. She also talks about what to expect next, Malaysia's involvement in drug trials, and how we could secure access to vaccines, if any is discovered. She is the…

Fear Not, There Are Enough Helping Hands to Go Around

An obstetrician and gynaecologist by discipline, as well as the founder of Mercy Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, is now the Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, continuing her efforts to make the world a better plac…

Is The Healthcare System Overwhelmed By Covid-19 Cases?

Health DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah is advising people who have tested positive for Covid-19 without symptoms to self-isolate at home, saying that they might not be sent to the hospital, given the high number of patients. Has the surge in cases exceeded the capacity of our healthcare system? …

Do Covid-19 'Waves' Exist?

We talk about Covid-19 infections in 'waves', but is it accurate to do so? How does this affect policy-making and public sentiment? We speak with Dr. Jemilah Mahmood for her thoughts, and get her insights on the outlook of the pandemic in Malaysia. Image Source: Prasesh Shiwakoti (Lomash), Unspl…

Prioritising Planetary Health

Health is not just about us as individuals. It’s about the whole planet. It’s time we think about health on a worldwide scale. Professor Jemilah Mahmood is Executive Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health at our old friends Sunway University, in Malaysia. As a medical professional who…

The Lancet Commission on Sea-Level Rise, Health, and Justice with Kathryn Bowen and Jemilah Mahmood

Why should we all be concerned about sea-level rise and its health impacts today, despite it seeming like a problem of the future? Dr. Kathryn Bowen and Dr. Jemilah Mahmood join Salma to discuss the recently launched Lancet Commission on Sea-Level Rise, Health, and Justice. They argue that sea-lev…

Understanding Climate Tipping Points and Planetary Health

Climate change is often described as a gradual process, but there are points where a system can change much more rapidly, and potentially in ways that are difficult or impossible to reverse. These are what scientists call tipping points. They can happen in the climate and natural world, but they ca…