Dr. Hannah Nazri discusses normalised misogyny that occurs throughout the lifespan of a woman including the practice of FGM/C in Malaysia, recent allegations of period spot checks in school and rape jokes made by teachers in school.
Tag: Public Health
Can Social Media Encourage Health Illiteracy and Should Doctors Be Online? | Harvard Public Health Review
Dr. Hannah Nazri discusses the role of social media in promoting health illiteracy and whether doctors should be online.
Dr. Hannah Nazri’s Recommended Watch List | Harvard Public Health Review
This week, instead of the usual blog article, Dr. Hannah Nazri recommends three films that emphasise the importance of listening to patients emphatically as well as developing the medical knowledge. Always listen to your patients.
Long COVID: An Impending Public Health Crisis | Harvard Public Health Review
First published in the Harvard Public Health Review (now Boston Congress of Public Health Review) on 23rd May 2021. An article on Long COVID, a […]
How Hubris and Misogyny Affect Patient Care | Harvard Public Health Review
First published in the Harvard Public Health Review (now Boston Congress of Public Health Review) on 16th May 2021. Article on misogyny in medicine, the […]
Countering Everyday Extremism Against Women: The Other Pandemic
I was invited to give a keynote speech by Sisters of Islam, a civil society organisation with the aim to advocate the rights of women within the Islamic framework, for their Regional Youth Caucus Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2019. The meeting was held as a lead up to the first Sisters in Islam international conference on” Islam Unsurrended: Women Against Extremism” which saw the launching of a key report on the perceptions of Muslim women and equality in Malaysia, funded by the European Union. The article below has been modified and updated from my speech.
Medicine in the Age of Disinformation | Asia Europe Foundation Education
First published on the Asia Europe Foundation Education Blog. The ease of putting up and accessing information online contributes to the burgeoning of pseudoscience. Scientific literacy is the key to solve this issue.