March 26, 2010: Review of ‘Choked Pipes’ by leading health journalist Shahina Maqbool was published in The News International, in its March 26, 2010 issue. The author used the international relevance of the publication as a peg for the review and drew attention in particular to a WHO seminar, which...
March 25, 2010: ‘Choked Pipes’ was unveiled by Oxford University Press at an exceptionally well-attended seminar held at Marriott, Islamabad. Panelists included Sartaj Aziz, former minister for foreign affairs, Ishrat Hussian, director of the Institute of Business Administration, Dr. Khalif Bile Mohamud, WHO Representative in Pakistan, Ejaz Raheem, former minister...
March 22, 2010: A viewpoint titled ‘National Health Policy 2010’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on March 22, 2010. Full text is accessible here.
Context: Work on a new health policy has been ongoing for the last two years. This viewpoint outlines some key imperatives...
Published in The News International on March 22, 2010:
The Ministry of Health has stepped up efforts to enunciate the National Health Policy 2010 and bring the process, which commenced with the initiation of a Health Policy Task Force in 2008 to fruition since the availability of donor resources has been...
Published in The News International on March 22, 2010:
The evidence generating institutional arrangements of a state qualify to be its fourth pillar, since evidence constitutes the basis of decisions in every state domain. Within this context, the draft bill to make the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) an independent body,...
March 20, 2010: A letter has been published in The Lancet (volume 375)in response to an article on the index subject by Fryatt R, Mills A, et al. The letter is accessible at Read More
March 18, 2010: Sania Nishtar participates in the ‘Strengthening health systems in Asia conference’ as a panelist through a video link; the conference was held in Singapore on March 18, 2010. Recorded comments accessible at Singapore...
March 17, 2010: A viewpoint titled ‘The data-collection challenge’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints.
Context: A draft bill to make the Federal Bureau of Statistics an independent body is set for presentation in the next parliamentary session. This...
March 15, 2010: Heartfile signed a contract with Valentia technologies on March 15 for maintenance of Heartfile Health Financing system’s web and desktop interfaces and its workflow and communication channels. Valentia technologies specializes in developing person-centric healthcare...
March 8, 2010: A viewpoint titled ‘Women through the governance lens’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on March 8, 2010. Full text is accessible at
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The comment appeared as the lead Op-Ed article in the largest circulated English newspaper on the occasion...
Published in The News International on March 08, 2010:
Although effective governance—or the lack thereof—has an impact on every aspect of our societal, social and economic lives, nowhere is its imprint more vivid than in determining the status of women in a society. This comment uses the International Women’s Day, which...
