July 08, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends as an invited expert, the United Nations Economic and Social Council Ministerial roundtable breakfast on ‘Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries,’ held in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 7-8,...
July 06, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘budget 2009-10 and the health sector’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints The budget has just been announced and the health sector has been marked by six policy highlights in the expansionary fiscal policy adopted by the government. This comment touches upon the context of each fiscal policy...
June 30, 2009: The World Health Organization’s Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group has published its landmark report in The Lancet titled ‘An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems.’ Sania Nishtar was part of the group and a co-author of the paper. Lancet...
June 23, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends the World Health Organization’s high-level dialogue on ‘Maximizing Positive Synergies between Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems,’ held in Venice Italy, on June 22-23, 2009. Attends the meeting as Chair of the Drafting Committee of the Venice Statement on Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives. Also presents the final recommendations at the concluding session.
Maximizing Positive Synergies between Global Health Initiatives and Health...
June 22, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Equity, social justice and social sector’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints The purpose of this comment is to bring to the fore, some considerations relevant to equity, social justice and social sector, with a view to generating a debate on the subject, within the context of the forthcoming parliamentary sessions that will now convene to deliberate on the Finance Bill...
June 11, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Budget 2009-10 and the public-private mantra’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints With Budget 2009-10 just around the corner, the purpose of this comment is to draw attention to the related issues of strengthening the public-private interface as a policy option to assist the government in achieving the development objectives envisaged in the...
June 11, 2009: The third consultation on the draft ‘Institutional Integration of Population and Health in Pakistan’ and was held at Serena Hotel, Islamabad. Context: this had Federal Secretary Health in the chair .The MoPW was represented by DG Population. Other participants included coordinators of the LHW program and Health Policy Unit, and representative of development and donor agencies. Dr. Sania Nishtar introduced the Heartfile study highlighting the history of attempts for integration of the two ministries and the reasons for their failure. The floor was then opened for comments, leading to many...
May 25, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘Institutionalizing accountability’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints. Context: The Holders of Public Offices (Accountability) Act 2009, which currently exists as a Bill, is to be introduced in the National Assembly. This comment underscores the importance of seven points in relation to the proposed statute with the hope that the nation will pay greater attention to the...
May 16, 2009: Sania Nishtar participates in consultation on ‘Global Initiatives, Health System Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage,’ held in Geneva, Switzerland. Attends the meeting as a member of the Results for Development and Rockefeller Foundation’s Working Group on Private Sector in Health...
April 28, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘A Marshall Plan?’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on April 28, 2009. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints Context: The donor’s conference in Tokyo concluded on April 17 with a 5.28 Billion US $ pledge in economic assistance to Pakistan. A number of references have been made to this forthcoming package of assistance as being analogous to the Marshall Plan. This comment explains why comparable impact is unlikely for a number of...
April 28, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends the 12th World Congress on Public Health, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 27-28, 2009. Talk in the plenary session entitled ‘Redesigning Health Systems in a Changing World.’ Title of the talk: ‘Strengthening the Evidence Base of Health Reform in Pakistan: Implications for the Global...
April 24, 2009: Sania Nishtar participates in a meeting of the World Health Organization’s Implementers Consortium on Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives, held in Chiangmai, Thailand, on April 23-24, 2009. Attends the meeting as a member of WHO’s Maximizing Positive Synergies...
