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Zafar MirzaDawn |
ISCHEMIC heart disease, diabetes, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and cirrhosis are among the top causes of...
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...
HEALTH needs to be understood as a holistic and normative concept. ‘Holistic’ would mean covering the physical, mental and social well-being...
DESPITE a simple-sounding concept, universal health coverage (UHC) is often misunderstood and misinterpreted at all levels, including among...
DESPITE a simple-sounding concept, universal health coverage (UHC) is often misunderstood and misinterpreted at all levels, including among...
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...
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...
“Science can identify solutions to pressing public health problems, but only politics can turn most of those solutions into reality.” — Thomas...
SINCE the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978, there has been much rhetoric from the World Health Organisation (WHO) about primary healthcare, but little...
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead. ...
MAPS are important for destinations. But travelling on the road to universal health coverage, we first need to understand the destination itself. The...
SEHAT Sahulat is a great programme but universal health coverage has a much larger vision. Sehat Sahulat is a state-financed health insurance system...
SIX days ago, The Lancet published an extraordinary article, titled ‘The Lancet and Colonialism: Past, Present, and Future’. The authors include...
“In medicine, we hold up ‘autonomy’ as a professional lodestar, a principle that stands in direct opposition to discipline.” — Atul Gawande...
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...
IN my last column, I discussed the Essential Health Services Package (EHSP). I mentioned that healthcare systems act through three approaches: by...
I RECEIVED a lot of feedback on my article ‘Robotic priorities’, including some from defensive robotic surgeons! Some readers have asked about the...
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...
MENTAL healthcare is too important to be left to psychiatrists or psychologists alone. In low-resource settings like ours, unaddressed mental health...