Dr Hasmah remembered as pioneer of Malaysia’s rural public health
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — Malaysia mourns the loss of Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, a pioneering doctor and public health advocate, who died at the National Heart Institute (IJN)...
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Beyond her role as the dedicated life partner of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah forged a distinguished legacy in medicine and public service, championing maternal and child health, immunisation, rural women’s development, drug abuse prevention and adult literacy.
Her decades of public service and advocacy eventually took her beyond Malaysia, where she championed many of the same causes internationally.
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