Scientific Programme
Day 1: Tuesday, 09 July 2024
0800-0830 hrs
Registration
0830-0915 hrs
Plenary 1: Shaping a health workforce for the future
Dr Rabi Abeyasinghe
WHO Representative and Head of the WHO Country Office to Malaysia,
Brunei Darussalam and Singapore
Opening Ceremony
0915-1000 hrs
Keynote address and opening ceremony
The Premier of Sarawak
1030-1100 hrs
Tea Break
Parallel Symposium Sessions
Symposium 1: Resilience in health care
1100-1130 hrs
Strengthening global health security resilience
Dr Anita Suleiman
President,
College of Public Health Medicine,
Academy of Medicine Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
The role of SEAOHUN in shaping future One Health next generation
Dr Tongkorn Meeyam
Executive Director,
Southeast Asia One Health University Network Secretariat
1210-1240 hrs
Healthcare resilience in Malaysia
Dr Veronica Lugah
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Director,
Sarawak State Health Department, Malaysia
Symposium 2: Community engagement in public health care
1100-1130 hrs
The roles of health clinic advisory panel in public health care
Dato Dr J Kannan Raman
Chair,
Puchong Health Clinic Advisory Panel, Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
Community lead actions to control non-communicable diseases
Dr Noraryana binti Hassan
Deputy Director (NCD),
Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
1210-1240 hrs
The roles of Agape Centre in engaging community for resilient public health care
Dr Toh Teck Hock
Community Paediatrician,
Sibu Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
Symposium 3: Healthy settings
1100-1130 hrs
Revisiting the green city concept in revitalizing public health
Prof Datu Dr Andrew Kiyu
Professor of Public Health,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
25 years of Healthy Cities in the Philippines: How we started and evolved
Dr Maria Rosarita Q. Siasoco
Executive Director,
PHAPCares Foundation, Philippines
1210-1240 hrs
Promoting health and wellbeing in policy making: A case study on Penang’s Happiness Index
Ms Young Pey Jung
Senior Analyst,
Socio-Economics & Statistics Programme, Penang Institute, Malaysia
1240-1430 hrs
Lunch Break and Poster Session
Parallel Oral Paper Sessions
Theme 1 Health care management
1430-1600 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 2 Health promotion
1430-1600 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 3 Occupational health
1430-1600 hrs
Oral Papers
1600-1715 hrs
Networking Session
Gala Dinner
1930-2200 hrs
Venue to be confirmed
Day 2: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
0800-0830 hrs
Registration
0830-0915 hrs
Plenary 2: Leveraging innovation to accelerate health impact and shape wellbeing
Dato’ Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek
Managing Director,
MRIC Healthcare Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Forum 1
Facing public health challenges in the coming decade
0915-1015 hrs
Chairperson:
Prof Datu Dr Andrew Kiyu
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Professor of Public Health,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Panel Members:
Dr Zulhizzam bin Haji Abdullah
Director,
Public Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, MalaysiaMr Azrul Mohd Khalib
Chief Executive Officer,
Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, Malaysia- Prof Dr Pratap Singhasivanon
Secretary General & Coordinator,
SEAMEO TropMed Network, Thailand
1015-1100 hrs
Tea Break
Parallel Symposium Sessions
Symposium 4: Climate change adaptation
1100-1030 hrs
Environmental epidemiology: Challenges to changing planet
Prof Dr Mazrura Sahani
Vice President,
Malaysian Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
Assessing human health vulnerability to climate change
Dr Rohaida Ismail
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Environmental Health Research Center,
Institute of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
1210-1240 hrs
Climate change and health in Asia
Prof Dr Victor Hoe Chee Wai
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Professor of Occupational and Public Health,
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Council Member
College of Public Health Medicine,
Academy of Medicine Malaysia
Symposium 5: Family health matters for resilient future
1100-1130 hrs
Building resilient through life-course approach
Dr Saidatul Norbaya Buang
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Deputy Director,
Family Health Development Division,
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
Innovative approach in elderly care for a resilient future
Prof Dr Yasuhiko Saito
Professor of Gerontology,
Nihon University Population Research Institute, Japan
1210-1240 hrs
Sexual and reproductive health in the next generation adolescent
Prof Dr Razitasham Safii
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Professor in Public Health,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Council Member
College of Public Health Medicine,
Academy of Medicine Malaysia
Symposium 6: Public health competency
1100-1130 hrs
Malaysia National Public Health Postgraduate Curriculum – competence and skills
Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Head, Specialty Subcommittee for Education in Public Health Medicine,
Malaysia Medical Council, Malaysia
Professor of Public Health and Deputy Dean (Research),
Faculty of Medicine,
Universiti Malaya
Council Member,
College of Public Health Medicine,
Academy of Medicine Malaysia
1135-1205 hrs
The future of Public Health Medicine Specialist
Prof Dr Jamalludin Ab Rahman
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
President, Malaysian Public Health Physician Association, Malaysia
Dean, Kulliyyah of Medicine,
International Islamic University Malaysia
Chair of the Medical Dean’s Council of Malaysia
1210-1240 hrs
Hong Kong’s experience in setting public health competency
Dr Thomas Tsang
Past President, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, Hong Kong SAR, China
1240-1400 hrs
Lunch Break and Poster Session
Parallel Oral Paper Sessions
Theme 4 Environmental health
1400-1530 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 5 Family health
1400-1530 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 6 Communicable diseases
1400-1530 hrs
Oral Papers
Parallel Symposium Sessions
Symposium 7: Ending AIDS by 2030 – Myths or reality?
1530-1600 hrs
Will PrEP end AIDS in Malaysia?
Dr Mazliza Ramly
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Principal Assistant Director,
Disease Control Division,
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Honorary Secretary
College of Public Health Medicine,
Academy of Medicine Malaysia
1605-1635 hrs
Reaching the unreached through HIV self-test
Mr Chung Han Yang
Deputy Executive Director,
Malaysian AIDS Council, Malaysia
1640-1710 hrs
THIP – A new approach for ending AIDS
Dr Ruziana Miss
Sectional Head,
HIV/STI/HepC Disease Control Section,
Sarawak State Health Department,
Ministry of Health Malaysia
Symposium 8: Combating emerging infectious disease
1530-1600 hrs
One Health approach in infectious disease management
Prof Dr Banchob Sripa
Director, Tropical Disease Research Center,
Faculty of Medicine,
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
1605-1635 hrs
Preparedness for disease X
Dr Thilaka Chinnayah
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Deputy Director,
Disease Control Division,
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
1640-1710 hrs
Strengthening laboratory capacities for early disease detection
Dr Nor Zahrin Hasran
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
National Public Health Laboratory,
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Symposium 9: Military medicine
1530-1600 hrs
Health service support and capacity building in crisis
Brigadier General Dr Mohd Arshil Moideen
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Dean,
Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health,
National Defence University of Malaysia
1605-1635 hrs
Rapid deployment capability for mitigation of CBRNE threat
Lt Col (Rtd) Prof Victor Feizal Abd Shatar
Director,
Chemical Defence Institute,
National Defence University of Malaysia
1640-1710 hrs
Burden of disease of Plasmodium Knowlesi malaria and other causes of acute febrile illness in military operation in Sabah
Brig Jen (Dr) Mohd Farid bin Alias
Director General,
Health Section, Army Headquarters, Malaysia
Day 3: Thursday, 11 July 2024
0800-0830 hrs
Registration
Parallel Oral Paper Sessions
Theme 7 Non-communicable diseases
0830-1000 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 8 Health security
0830-1000 hrs
Oral Papers
Theme 9 Disease modelling
0830-1000 hrs
Oral Papers
1000-1030 hrs
Tea Break
1030-1115 hrs
Plenary 3: Resilient healthcare: The role of public health leaders
Dato Indera Dr Shaari Ngadiman
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Past President,
College of Public Health Medicine, Malaysia
Forum 2
Health rights of stateless children
1115-1215 hrs
Chairperson:
Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Yusof
Public Health Medicine Specialist,
Professor of Public Health,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Panel Members:
- Dr Farah Nini bt Dusuki
Lawyer,
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya - Mary Anne K. Baltazar
Founder,
Advocates for Non-discrimination and Access to Knowledge (ANAK), Sabah - Dr Prabakan Dhanaraj
District Health Officer,
Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah, Malaysia
Closing Ceremony
1215-1300 hrs
Closing Ceremony
1300-1400 hrs
Lunch Break and Adjournment
