Zafar Mirza
The solution to our healthcare problem lies in strengthening primary health care, which we have ignored.
Updated 27 Jan, 2023 08:57am
Current life expectancy in Pakistan is 67.7 years, while 149 countries have higher life expectancy than us.
Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:27am
We need a paradigm shift where primary healthcare is concerned...
Published 16 Dec, 2022 07:17am
Environmental factors alone take the lives of around 13m people annually around the globe.
Updated 04 Nov, 2022 08:16am
Usually, 15pc of pregnancies are high-risk, requiring special care.
Updated 21 Oct, 2022 08:40am
Even in ‘normal’ circumstances, pregnancy is a high-risk condition for women in Pakistan.
Updated 07 Oct, 2022 09:05am
We don’t have any appreciation of preventive healthcare and our system is entirely curative.
Updated 09 Sep, 2022 09:15am
Well-meaning but unrelated medical aid and donations may do more harm than good.
Updated 01 Sep, 2022 08:40am
Unfortunately, many doctors continue to play into the hands of the milk formula industry.
Published 12 Aug, 2022 04:07am
Paul Farmer broke the mould of ‘mainstream’ and went where healthcare was most needed.
Published 15 Jul, 2022 08:17am
PCR testing has drastically gone down in Pakistan and our disease surveillance system needs much more strengthening.
Updated 01 Jul, 2022 09:01am
Of the 8m deaths that occur globally each year due to tobacco use, 170,000 are in Pakistan.
Updated 03 Jun, 2022 08:37am
We can build back better to be more prepared and resilient the next time around.
Published 06 May, 2022 07:48am
The new rulers need to pay attention to our state of preparedness for a recurrence of Covid-19.
Published 22 Apr, 2022 07:40am
Good policies formulated by the previous government must be retained by the new set-up.
Updated 15 Apr, 2022 08:52am
The private healthcare sector has not really become a partner to national health services.
Published 08 Apr, 2022 08:23am
In the wake of Covid-19, important developments have taken place in Pakistan’s health technology space...
Published 25 Mar, 2022 07:02am
Some individuals are science and art personified.
Updated 11 Feb, 2022 12:48pm
A comprehensive national security policy has to have a proper place in it for human health.
Updated 28 Jan, 2022 08:36am
The number of cases represents just the narrow tip of a huge submerged iceberg.
Updated 31 Dec, 2021 08:15am
