Award icnb 2019 YABhg Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Binti Hj Mohd Ali

Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali is the wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia. She has been involved with the health service within the government since graduated. Then she became the first woman to be appointed Medical Officer in the Maternal and Child Health Department, and later the first woman to be appointed the State Maternal and Child Health Officer. Since then, she has written countless articles on family medicine and the socioeconomic factors in the areas of maternal health in the country. As the wife of the Prime Minister, she has used her position to campaign tirelessly for women’s health, family planning, drug abuse control and adult literacy.  For more than 30 years, she has contributed greatly to nation-building in Malaysia.