August 24, 2011: Democracy, politics, governance and accountability – historically misunderstood in theory and practice, these attributes of state governance need to be properly addressed in order to improve every aspect of the body politic, especially health systems performance. Our recent Independence Day Commemorative Viewpoint, which focuses on this can...

August 19, 2011: In preparation for the UN High Level Meeting on September 19-20, 2011, the NCD Alliance has just released its Human Rights Brief. This has been prepared by its Human Rights Working Group, of which Dr. Sania Nishtar is a member. Ten key recommendations are outlined in the...

August 12, 2011: the recently held debut meeting of the Aman ki Asha Health Committee in Delhi concluded with a declaration and an action plan for the way forward. The meeting was chaired by our President, Dr. Sania Nishtar and Dr. Naresh Trehan from India. The outputs of the meeting...

August 09, 2011: Hosted by Wafaa El-Sadr, Rifat Atun and Jean Paul Moatti, the above meeting included an afternoon Panel, which was chaired and moderated by our president, Dr. Sania Nishtar.  Panelists included Ambassador Eric Goosby (United States Global AIDS Coordinator), Bart Janssen (Medicines Sans Frontiers), Gottfried Hirnschal (WHO) and...

August 03, 2011:  As part of its first annual Innovation Awards ceremony in New York held on July 7, 2011, the Rockefeller Foundation honored four Global Innovators, amongst them our president Dr. Sania Nishtar, who received the innovation award for her unique contributions to the field of global health. Other award...

August 01, 2011: Our most recent viewpoint on the rapidly evolving situation regarding the abolition of the Ministry of Health and health devolution in Pakistan was published last Saturday. This viewpoint is in two parts with the first raising questions and the second is expected to offer options for the...