Dr. ANITA SULEIMAN President, College of Public Health Medicine, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

I have more than 30 years of experience in the area of public health ranging from providing primary care services at implementation level to crafting innovative HIV strategic plans, policy development and national investment case for HIV in the country. Currently heading the National HIV/STI/Hepatitis C Programme at Ministry of Health, I am directly involved in getting Malaysia validated for elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV and syphilis. Also, I lead the country’s HIV estimations and projections, conducting Integrated Bio-Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) survey and Population Size Estimations (PSE) for key populations. My passion in public health goes beyond HIV/AIDS domain with involvement as trainer and facilitator for the Epidemic Intelligence Programme (EIP), an in-house training for outbreak management and Advance Diploma in Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control, a post-basic programme for Environmental Health Assistant Officers.