Dr. Sania Nishtar participates in a consultation of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Working Group on Private Sector in Health Systems at the Price Mahidhol Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 29-30, 2009. Attends the symposium as a member of the Working...
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A viewpoint titled ‘Restructuring and reforming NAB’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on January 27, 2009. Full text is
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Context: The government is on its way to revamping the country’s accountability infrastructure and statutes. This comment underscores a few points to make sure...
Published in The News International on January 27, 2009:
The government is on its way to revamping the country's accountability infrastructure and statutes. It is evident from a review of news postings in early January, that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will be replaced with an Independent Accountability Commission...
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Sania Nishtar attends 1st Meeting of WHO Director General’s Expert Working Group on R&D Financing, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from January 12-14, 2009. Attends the meeting as a member of the Expert Working...
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The following letter in The Lancet outlines the imperatives of the global financial downturn for the health sector. (Nishtar S. Pablos-Mendez A. The global financial downturn—imperatives for the health sector. Lancet...
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Nishtar S. Pablos-Mendez A.
The Global Financial downturn—imperatives for the health sector. Lancet 2009;373:124.
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A viewpoint titled ‘Financial crisis, social unrest and reform’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on January 5, 2009. Full text is accessible at
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Context: The risk of catastrophic expenditures on health in China is constraining the ability of its population to spend with consequent...
Published in The News International on January 05, 2009:
The December 22, 2008 issue of Newsweek featured an article on the downside of Chinese state reform. Entitled 'Why China is too scared to spend', the article drew attention to the weaknesses created in the Chinese health system with the advent...
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