May 31, 2011: The captioned comment raises the point about broader issues of governance in Pakistan, which are impeding progress in general as well as towards health systems goals. The comment gives a message of hope in relation to societal strengths in Pakistan and also raises the point about the...

May 5, 2011. Read our commentary in the Lancet “Pakistan prepares to abolish Ministry of Health”, which has just been published on “Online First”. We are also releasing the final version of the accompanying report, “Health and the 18th Amendment: retaining national functions in...

May 5, 2011: Read our recent viewpoint about the challenges and lack of clarity vis-à-vis regulatory prerogatives subsequent to the pronouncement of the 18th constitutional amendment in Pakistan. This ambiguity has implications for health with respect to regulation of human resources, drugs, service delivery and medical education. Click here...

May 5, 2011. Read our commentary in the Lancet “Pakistan prepares to abolish Ministry of Health”, which has just been published on “Online First”. We are also releasing the final version of the accompanying report, “Health and the 18th Amendment: retaining national functions in...

May 2, 2011: Heartfile president, Dr. Sania Nishtar attended the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-Communicable Disease Control as a member of the International Steering Committee of the conference. She also synthesized outcomes of sessions both during the closing plenary of the ministerial meeting on the 29th as...