September 30, 2009: A special supplement of the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association was dedicated to the review article on ‘Synergizing health and population in Pakistan’ by Sania Nishtar and Saba Amjad. The article is an important health systems research-to-policy piece, which is being viewed with great interest in the...
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September 28, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Is aid the answer’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at
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Context: A meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan has been convened on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Participants...
Published in The News International on September 28, 2009:
The meeting of Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP), convened on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, concluded yesterday by signaling unprecedented support to Pakistan. This was evidenced in both the representation at the meeting as well as...
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September 19, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Constitutional amendments’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on September 19, 2009. Full text is accessible at
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Context: The Principles of Policy of Pakistan’s constitution have not been updated since 1973. This article focuses on the need...
Published in The News International on September 19, 2009:
The Special Committee on Constitutional Reform is currently deliberating on the nature of constitutional amendments to be introduced through the 18th Amendment. Achieving balance of power should be an important outcome of this exercise. In addition, however, the potential within constitutional changes...
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Nishtar S. Mixed Health Systems Syndrome. Bull World Health Organ 2010;88:74-75. doi:...
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Nishtar S. Amjad S. Synergizing health and population in Pakistan. J Pak Med Asoc...
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Nishtar S. Amjad S. Pakistan’s Health Population Mantra. J Pak Med Asoc...
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September 16, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Governance—through the sugar-crisis lens’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at
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Context: Eighteen women succumbed to death while striving for a bag of sugar in Karachi last week. This comment explains the pervasive...
Published in The News International on September 16, 2009:
The heartbreaking scene of 18 women succumbing to stampede whilst striving to get a bag of free sugar brings to attention the gravity of the ongoing commodity crisis. Such crises provide an insight into the regulatory capacity of governments and the level...
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September 05, 2009: Some members of the WHO’s Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group including Sania Nishtar of Heartfile have published a comment on the Venice Statement on global health initiatives and health systems in The Lancet. Lancet 2009; 374(9692):...
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Atun R, Dybul M, Evans T, Kim JY, Moatti JP, Nishtar S, Russell A. Venice Statement on global health initiatives and health systems. Lancet 2009; 374(9692):...
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