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Dr Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik

Dr Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik was appointed Head of Mission and WHO Representative for Somalia on 7 March 2019. Dr Malik is an epidemiologist with over 15 years of experience in managing infectious disease surveillance, outbreak response, and other public health crises. He has a special interest in building health systems for crisis management, including prevention and control of emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Dr Malik was the Manager of the Infectious Hazards Management Programme under the Department of Health Emergencies in the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and managed the prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone diseases in the Region from June 2016 to March 2019.

From 2014 to 2016, Dr Malik was the Coordinator for the Health Security and Preparedness Cluster for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and established the programme for prevention, detection, and response to health security threats. He was also Regional Adviser for the Pandemic and Epidemic Disease programme.

Between 2004 and 2018, Dr Malik led the Regional operational response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks, including Middle East respiratory syndrome, cholera, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, dengue and chikungunya, avian influenza and meningococcal meningitis reported in the countries of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.

As a public health expert, Dr Malik has worked for WHO in Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and Afghanistan.

Dr Malik holds a bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), a postgraduate diploma in Health Economics, and a master’s degree in Health Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr Malik has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals to his credit. He is a regular and well-respected contributor to and author of several books on public health.

Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik
WHO Country Representative
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