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...
April 14, 2009: Sania Nishtar participates in Institute of Medicine Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries, held in Washington DC, USA, from April 12-14, 2009. Talk in the plenary: ‘Prevention, Implementation and Health Systems Strengthening.’ Talk entitled ‘Chronic Disease Management in Health Care Systems in Middle- and Low-Income...
April 11, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘The White Paper and the question of aid effectiveness’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints Context: The White House has recently released a White Paper on US policy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, articulating a number of geo-political and development imperatives for the region. This comment will focus only on the dimension related to development assistance within the contemporary realm of aid...
March 27, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends 4th Expert Consultation on World Health Organization’s Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 26-27, 2009. Attends the meeting as a member of WHO’s Maximizing Positive Synergies...
March 18, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends the South Asian Regional Ministerial Meeting in support of the 2009 Economic and Social Council’s Annual Ministerial Review, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from March 16-18, 2009. Talk in the plenary session entitled ‘New Initiatives to Finance Health Care—Heartfile’s Health Equity...
March 6, 2009: Just published. Nishtar S. How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med....
February 18, 2009: Sania Nishtar attends the World Health Organization’s meeting on the Lancet Series on ‘Maximizing Positive Synergies between Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems,’ held in Rome, Italy, from February 16-18, 2009. Attends the meeting as a member of WHO’s Maximizing Positive Synergies...
February 14, 2009: Second consultation on the draft of the Report entitled‘Institutional Integration of Population and Health in Pakistan’ was held at Heartfile Office, Islamabad. Context: With former deputy secretary finance Dr. Siraj-ud-Din in the chair, the second consultation on the draft report was attended by a significant number of participants representing the Planning Commission, LEAD Pakistan, HSA, Sirkat Gah, Helping Hands, Mustashar, Packard, The Population Council, UNFPA, as well as freelance consultants in the development...
February 14, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘The fight against spurious drugs’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on February 14, 2009. Full text is accessible here. Context: The menace of spurious drugs has attracted attention of the superior judiciary, which has initialized suo moto action against spurious drugs. This comment addresses the range of governance and regulatory challenges which are responsible for this problem in...
Dr. Sania Nishtar participates in a consultation of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Working Group on Private Sector in Health Systems at the Price Mahidhol Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 29-30, 2009. Attends the symposium as a member of the Working...
A viewpoint titled ‘Restructuring and reforming NAB’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International on January 27, 2009. Full text is accessible here. Context: The government is on its way to revamping the country’s accountability infrastructure and statutes. This comment underscores a few points to make sure that this is not just a switch of acronyms but is substantial institutional restructuring towards fostering accountability and transparency within the country, a core attribute of good...