July 31, 2013: The Global Handbook on Non-communicable Diseases and Health Promotion has just been published by Springer. Edited by David V. McQueen, the book has a long list of contributors with expertise in various aspects of NCD global policy and practice. The Chapter on “NCDs and Civil Society: A...

July 30, 2013: Our president, Sania Nishtar joined the UN ECOSOC High-level Segment 2013 Panel Discussion on Universal Health Coverage, earlier this month through a videolink. The event video can be viewed on UN Web TV with her comments accessible here.

ECOSOC High-level Segment in...

July 24, 2013: iHEA Congresses are well established fora, which convene global experts in health economics each year. This year, the Congress was themed Celebrating Health Economics. It was held in Sydney, Australia on July 7-13, 2013. Heartfile participated in two sessions at the event. In the session “What can...

July 18, 2013: With the increasing global traction for Universal Health Coverage, the Ministry of Health, Turkey collaborated with the Imperial College London, The Lancet and Istanbul Medipol University to launch the Lancet Series on Turkey at the Turkey Ministerial Conference on Universal Health Coverage on June 27-28, 2013. The...