Zafar Mirza

Spending $200 billion

Bill Gates’s new deadline is: “20 years to give away virtually all my wealth.” Published 27 Jun, 2025 07:26am

Revisiting the NSP

The continuity of public policies across governments is a sign of system maturity. Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:24am

Development challenges

Human development is the most critical dimension of national security. Updated 30 May, 2025 09:20am

Seat 1C: a second chance

Here is a survivor’s tale of hope, resilience and renewal. Published 16 May, 2025 06:49am

NCDs in Pakistan

We must effectively implement preventative policies, regulatory, managerial, educational interventions and reliable health services. Updated 02 May, 2025 09:37am

NCDs are food-borne

We are the result of what we consume. Updated 04 Apr, 2025 08:46am

Reversing NCDs

Heart disease, diabetes and fatty liver are reversible through lifestyle interventions. Updated 21 Mar, 2025 08:45am

Conflict of interest

Those who are to be regulated must not head the body which is going to regulate them. Updated 22 Feb, 2025 08:44am

US withdrawal from WHO

It is a strategic opportunity for China and other BRICS countries to fill the financial gaps and shape the future of global health. Published 07 Feb, 2025 07:11am

Polio pains

Every new government changes the leadership of the polio programme without realising how negatively it might impact it. Updated 01 Feb, 2025 08:49am

Bribed doctors

A cocktail of measures — educational, managerial, regulatory — need to be taken and interventions need to be made simultaneously and sustainably. Updated 24 Jan, 2025 08:53am

UHC monitoring in Pakistan

Pakistan has started to systematically produce an annual national UHC monitoring report. Updated 10 Jan, 2025 10:49am

Women’s health

The precarious state of the health of women in Pakistan is evident throughout their life course. Updated 29 Nov, 2024 09:24am

OOP health expenditures

Financial protection is an integral component of universal health coverage. Updated 15 Nov, 2024 09:40am

Lifestyle medicine

Lifestyle interventions can be a primary modality for the treatment of chronic conditions. Updated 18 Oct, 2024 09:35am

PPPs for UHC

Health is too important a matter to be left to governments. Published 20 Sep, 2024 07:08am

‘Health for All Collective’

Right to health should underscore the ‘Health for All Collective’. Published 23 Aug, 2024 08:03am

FAQs about universal health coverage

UHC is a simple concept, without being simplistic, and is possible. Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:25am

qPHC education and training

The PMDC has taken some far-reaching decisions. Updated 26 Jul, 2024 09:28am

COMMENT: Reorganisation of health at the Centre: a sense of déjà vu

We should be thankful to Dr Nishtar for leaving behind an institutional memory of resurrecting the federal health organisation and we should learn from it. Published 15 Jul, 2024 07:30am