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BMJ blog on NCDs and UHC

May 22, 2017: SaniaNishtar’scommentary explaining how to integrate Non-communicable diseases with Universal Health Coverage has been published on the British Medical Journal blog and can be accessed here: “Opportunities exist to negotiate policy space for NCDs in each health systems’ six building blocks, and therefore in UHC plans”, she says. More...

Sania Nishtar: Acting with intent

May 16, 2018: The British Medical Journal has published Sania Nishtar’s interview in BMJ Confidential, an informal space in which they quiz doctors about their hopes, fears, worst mistakes, biggest inspirations, and numerous other matters. The interviewcan be accessed here More...

Sania Nishtar Chairs the National Academy of Sciences meeting in Washington

May 16, 2018: the fourth and the final in-person meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s committee on “Improving the Quality of Healthcare,Globally” was held in Washington on May 14 and 15. Dr Sania Nishtar and Dr. Donald Berwick, Committee co-chairs, chaired the meeting. The committee is expected to publish its report in September 2018.

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Gender parity in global health

May 8, 2018: Dr Sania Nishtar and Helen Clark write about the importance of gender parity in global health in a Project Syndicate comment which can be accessed

Sania Nishtar Chairs meeting of the High-Level Commission on NCDs

May 7, 2018: The third meeting of the WHO High Level Commission on NCDs and (the first one that was held in person) was held in Geneva on May 7, 2018 at the WHO headquarters. A large number of commissioners were present at the meeting. Deliberations focused on the first report of the Commission, which is meant to be released on June 1, 2018.  More...

Fight Against Cervical Cancer

April 17, 2018: Dr Sania Nishtar’s Op-ed in Gulf News titled “Fight against cervical cancer picks momentum” can be accessed here.Countries in the Middle East should follow the example of the UAE, Libya and Australia to eliminate Human Papillomavirus More...

NCD Financing Meeting in Copenhagen

April 9, 2018: the WHO Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control was held in Copenhagen from 9-11 April. Dr. Sania Nishtar spoke at the closing plenary about the need for a three pronged approach to NCDs—domestic integration of NCDs into exiting systems, need for long term  domestic foresight and catalytic role of the international system.Her speech can be viewed here. More...

Chief Guest at the Launch of a study on the volume of illicit Cigarette Brands in Pakistan

April 4, 2018: The Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) and the Human Development Foundation (HDF) launched the “Study to Assess the Volume of Illicit Cigarette Brands in Pakistan” The study was carried out under the technical guidance of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Knowledge Hub, Economics of Tobacco Control Project and assessed the volume of sale of illicit cigarette brands in ten cities and their adjoining rural areas across Pakistan. Dr. Sania Nishtar was the chief guest at the event. Read More. More...

Op-Ed on Universal Health Coverage on World Health Day 2018

April 7, 2018: Project Syndicate, one of the world’s opinion pages, publishes Dr. Sania Nishtar’s Op-Ed outlining how corruption impedes Universal Health Coverage on World Health Day 2018. Read...

Oped on the Future of Government

March 17, 2018: Dr. Sania writes about the importance of human capital development for national growth and progress. Read...

Op-Ed with Helen Clark on International Women’s Day

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...

Op-Ed with Lord Nigel Crisp at the launching of Nursing Now

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...