Heartfile Media Coverage


MEDIA COVERAGE IN PAKISTAN :

Where does Pakistan stands?- THE NEWS; October 9, 2007

Weaknesses in the organ transplantation bill - THE NEWS; August 31, 2007

Pakistan's health indicators still lag behind - THE NEWS; July 28, 2007

Quantum leaps in health outcomes possible if robust systems  are in place - THE NEWS; June 29, 2007

Gateway Health Policy in the making - THE NEWS; April 23, 2006
Gateway Paper proposes major restructuring of health systems - THE NEWS; January 11, 2006
Prime Minister launches Gateway Paper of Pakistan's Health Policy Forum - THE NEWS; January 10, 2006
Pakistan's Health Policy Forum Launched with spectacular participation - THE NEWS; August 8, 2005
Prevention of Road Traffic Crashes - consultation to review progress today - THE NEWS; January 8, 2005
Honour for Dr. Sania Nishtar - THE NEWS; December 23, 2004
Pricing of Medicine Survey to be conducted - THE NEWS; December 11, 2004
NCD consultation on role of Media in modifying public behavior concludes – THE NEWS; August 5, 2004
Sehba calls for minor lifestyle modifications to prevent diseases - THE NEWS; May 13, 2004
Release of the National Action Plan on NCDs tomorrow - THE NEWS; May 11, 2004
Road accidents kill 1.2m people worldwide every year - THE NEWS; April 7, 2004
The health sector - taking a lead in SAARC - THE NEWS; January 6, 2004
Public-private partnership crucial for tackling health challenges: Nasir - THE NEWS; December 24, 2003
Heartfile to assist in chronic disease related capacity building in Africa - THE NEWS; December 6, 2003
Pakistani doctor chairs World Heart Day-an honor for a Pakistani – Daily JANG; September 2003
Asma Badar; Preventive diseases – Sarafeen and Sehat; Sep-Oct 2003
Plan launched for prevention of non-communicable diseases - THE NEWS; May 1, 2003
Action plan for control, prevention of non-communicable diseases to be chalked out - THE NEWS; April, 2003
Sania Nishtar to chair WHF’s Advisory Board – The NEWS; Pakistan, January 2003
Local doctor to represent South Asia on Osaka Conference – The NEWS, Pakistan; May 2001
Saulat Jehan; Cholesterol and your Heart – Sarafeen and Sehat; Sep-Oct 2000
 
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE:

TIME magazine: May 10, 2004.

Lancet Volume 363, number 9422: May 22, 2004.  
PROCOR: May 22, 2004  
PROCOR: June 15, 2004
International News Bulletin, Royal College of Physicians of London: Sept-Oct 1999. 
Personal profile - Lancet Volume 360, number 9331: August 10, 2002. Lifeline.  
Time magazine: October 19, 1999.
  Reuters press release on the occasion of the Second World Heart Day: September 25, 2001. (Available in Video)
Presentation at the World Congress of Cardiology, Sydney 2002 profiled in the official webcasts www.prous.com/wcc2002. Justifying Cost in the Developing World. S Nishtar.
More than 50 news references on the websites of the World Heart Federation (http://www.worldheart.org)

and World Health Organization (http://www.who.int)
Profile by the World Heart Federation
 
Interview in VOICE magazine 2003
HeartBeat, Bulletin of the World Heart Federation: September 1999.
Heartbeat, Bulletin of the World Heart Federation: June 2001
Heartbeat, Bulletin of the World Heart Federation: December 2001
Heartbeat, Bulletin of the World Heart Federation: December 2002
Heartbeat, Bulletin of the World Heart Federation: September 2003
CVD Situation in Pakistan
PROCOR: 2002
Paper by Ghaffar et al
Lancet Volume 359, number 9422: March 9, 2002.