March 8, 2018: In an Op-Ed in The NEWs International Sania Nishtar and Helen Clark are aiming to inspire a Women’s health movement. Read...
March 1, 2018: Lord Nigel Crisp, co-chairs of UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health and an advocate for Nursing Now and Dr Sania Nishtar write about how important it is to accord attention to the potential of nurses in this Oped. Read...
February 21, 2018: Dr. Sania writes about the importance of human capital development for national growth and progress. Read the oped...
February 13, 2018: Dr. Sania Nishtar was invited as chief of honor in the Punjab Human Development Forum, Pakistan. During her speech Dr. Sania Nishtar stated that Human capital will be the single most important determinant of economic stability of any country. The event took place in Lahore. More...
February 2, 2018: Dr. Sania Nishtar speak as a keynote speaker at the 1st Interdisciplinary Conference on the theme of “Action Plan for Physical Rehabilitation- RoadMap for Pakistan”. Foundation International University in Islamabad organized the conference. More...
February 1, 2018: Dr. Sania Nishtar participated as a panelist in one of the key session “Making the World Safe from the Threats of Emerging Infectious Diseases” at PRINCE MAHIDOL AWARD CONFERENCE commenced during 29 January to 3 February 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. More...
January 30,2018: Dr. Sania Nishtar gave the Key Note Speech at SUNAR National Nutrition Research Conference 2018. The event was organized SUN Academia & Research Network Pakistan in Islamabad. More...
January 23-26, 2018: The 48thAnnual Meetingof World economic forum, was kicked off under the theme, ‘’creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World’’, with the aim of identifying ways for humanity to work collectively once more in the face of urgent global and regional challenges.Dr. Sania Nishtar boldly expressed her views as a panelist in the important sessions "South Asia Outlook" & "Asia Game Changers” held on 24th January. The former session can be viewed here.
January 16-17, 2018: Regional and Geneva-based NCD Directors and WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs Co-chair Dr. Sania Nishtar gathered in Geneva for WHO Internal Planning Meeting to discuss the progress and next steps for WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs. More...
January 15, 2018: Dr. Sania Nishtar in her Key Note Speech at LIFECON 2018 highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary & Interdisciplinary Approach in Health Sciences. Air University Islamabad organized the conference. More...
December 18-19, 2017: Dr Sania Nishtar co-chaired—along with Don Berwick—the second committee meeting of the Global Study on the Quality of Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries on December 18-19 in Nairobi. The study has been organized by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
December 15, 2017:The high-level forum on universal health coverage, was held in Tokyo from December 12-15. The Forum was jointly organized by the Government of Japan, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UHC2030; it concluded with the adoption of the Tokyo Declaration All Together to Accelerate Progress towards UHC. Dr. Sania Nishtar was one of the 400 invitees to the Universal Health Coverage Forum and moderated the plenary at the High-Level segment of the Forum, footage from which can be accessed here. More...