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Zafar Mirza

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Women’s health

THE health of women in Pakistan is in jeopardy. We are talking about the health of 120.7 million citizens of the country, ie, 50 per cent of the...

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OOP health expenditures

IF health is a human right, then the inability to pay for essential healthcare should not be a barrier. This is why financial protection for...

15.11.2024 50

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Lifestyle medicine

ISCHEMIC heart disease, diabetes, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and cirrhosis are among the top causes of...

18.10.2024 80

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PPPs for UHC

THE state’s role in health and healthcare is as fundamental as health being a fundamental human right. The WHO, of which Pakistan has been a member...

20.09.2024 80

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‘Health for All Collective’

HEALTH needs to be understood as a holistic and normative concept. ‘Holistic’ would mean covering the physical, mental and social well-being...

23.08.2024 70

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FAQs about universal health coverage

DESPITE a simple-sounding concept, universal health coverage (UHC) is often misunderstood and misinterpreted at all levels, including among...

09.08.2024 60

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FAQs about UHC

DESPITE a simple-sounding concept, universal health coverage (UHC) is often misunderstood and misinterpreted at all levels, including among...

09.08.2024 40

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qPHC education and training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...

26.07.2024 70

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PHC education and training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...

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Health and politics

“Science can identify solutions to pressing public health problems, but only politics can turn most of those solutions into reality.” — Thomas...

12.07.2024 100

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Implementing PHC primer

SINCE the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978, there has been much rhetoric from the World Health Organisation (WHO) about primary healthcare, but little...

28.06.2024 100

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New politics at last

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead. ...

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Road to UHC

MAPS are important for destinations. But travelling on the road to universal health coverage, we first need to understand the destination itself. The...

03.05.2024 90

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UHI and UHC

SEHAT Sahulat is a great programme but universal health coverage has a much larger vision. Sehat Sahulat is a state-financed health insurance system...

19.04.2024 70

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The Lancet and colonialism

SIX days ago, The Lancet published an extraordinary article, titled ‘The Lancet and Colonialism: Past, Present, and Future’. The authors include...

05.04.2024 100

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PHC and ‘qPHC’

“In medicine, we hold up ‘autonomy’ as a professional lodestar, a principle that stands in direct opposition to discipline.” — Atul Gawande...

08.03.2024 80

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Health and manifestos

THE health of the 2024 elections is not too far from the health of the nation. Let’s take a look at the manifestos of the main political parties...

09.02.2024 80

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Intersectoral health

IN my last column, I discussed the Essential Health Services Package (EHSP). I mentioned that healthcare systems act through three approaches: by...

26.01.2024 100

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Essential health services

I RECEIVED a lot of feedback on my article ‘Robotic priorities’, including some from defensive robotic surgeons! Some readers have asked about the...

12.01.2024 100

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Strengthening quality PHC

I HAVE a broken record of writing on these pages about the importance of primary healthcare. Strengthening PHC is the only way to address our abysmal...

29.12.2023 60

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Thinking Healthy Programme

MENTAL healthcare is too important to be left to psychiatrists or psychologists alone. In low-resource settings like ours, unaddressed mental health...

15.12.2023 80

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