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Dr. Sania Nishtar
Dr. Sania Nistar at the 2012 World Economic Forum
Born (1963-02-16) 16 February 1963 (age 61)
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materKhyber Medical College
King's College London
Royal College of Physicians of London
Known forWork in development of health in Pakistan
SpouseGhalib Nishtar
AwardsSitara-e-Imtiaz (2005)
Global Innovation Award (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsHealth and governance
InstitutionsHeartfile
World Health Organization (WHO)
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Education and Training
Websitewww.sanianishtar.info

Sania Nishtar (Urdu: ثانیہ نشتر ) (Born: 16 February 1963); SI, FRCP), is a Pakistani, Former Federal Minister of Education & Training, Science and Technology,[1] Information Technology[2] and Health,[3] Physician cardiologist, author,[4] health science writer,[5] science administrator, thinker,[6] peace builder,[7] key health policy voice, prominent Pakistani woman, member of advisory groups and boards, Founder and President of NGO think tank Heartfile,[8] Heartfile Health Financing[9] and Pakistan Health Policy Forum.[10] She is co-chair of the WHO Ending Childhood Obesity Commission[11] and Chair of the UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel on Every Woman Every Child.[12] Sania Nishtar is Pakistan’s official candidate for Director General, World Health Organization.[13] In 2015 Sania Nishtar was the Government of Pakistan’s official candidate to the position as new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[14][15]

Education

Sania Nishtar graduated from Khyber Medical College in 1986 and was Best Graduate of the Year.[16] She holds a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and a PhD from King's College London.

Founder of institutions

After several years as a Cardiologist at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Sania Nishtar founded Heartfile in 1999, which has grown from a health information-focused NGO[17] to a health policy think tank, focused on health systems issues.[18][19]

In 2007, she founded Heartfile Health Financing,[20] a program to protect poor patients from medical impoverishment.[21][22] [23] [24] [25] The program is a 2008,[26] 2012,[27] and 2013[28][29] [30] Commitment of the Clinton Global Initiative.[31] She also founded Pakistan's Health Policy Forum, a civil society policy platform for health experts that has garnered contributions from prominent global health advocates including Seth Berkley, Sir George Alleyne, Mark Dybul, and Naresh Trehan, in addition to many others.[32]

Health and governance advocate

Sania Nishtar's domestic focus is on health sector governance. This was illustrated recently in the case of her stance on a spurious drug scandal,[33][34][35][36] abolition of the Ministry of Health, which was part of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan,[36] and the country's inability to eradicate polio.[37][38][39] She also contributes time as a volunteer to health systems strengthening in her country and has signed two MoUs with Pakistan's Ministry of Health,[40][41] committing her time pro bono. She authored Pakistan's first compendium of health statistics,[42] and the country's first national public health plan for non-communicable diseases.[43] Nishtar's book Choked Pipes,[44] an analysis of Pakistan's health systems, became the blue print for the country's health policy.[45][46][47][48] She is a member of many health initiatives in Pakistan.[49] Through her writings she has become a proponent of governance reforms in Pakistan, and is a member of many national and international boards and initiatives, which aim to improve governance in the country, including the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency.[50] She was a member of the Asia Society Task Force on Pakistan 2020,[51] and was formerly a director of IESCO.[52] She has recently been appointed by Pakistan Federal Minister Ishaq Dar, as a member of Pakistan's Economic Advisory Council.[53]

Tenure as Minister

Sania Nishtar served as Federal Minister in the Government of Pakistan during the 2013 caretaker government as Minister for Science and Technology, Education and Trainings and Information Technology and Telcom.[54] [55][56][57] She also had responsibility as focal person for health. During her term, she was instrumental in establishing Pakistan's Ministry of Health,[58] which she had been advocating for. At the conclusion of her term she published Handover Papers,[59][60] voluntarily submitting herself for accountability, a gesture which garnered both national and international media attention.[61][62][63][64] She also refused pay and perks[65] and left an unusual gift for government functionaries.[66] Her policies remained focused on promoting development; in the education sector linking academia with entrepreneurs, industry and the national priorities,[67][68][69][70][71] and in the Ministry of IT by using the telecom sector for development.[72] During her term in office as minister, she prevailed upon the Prime Minister to reverse the decision to dismantle the Prime Minister's Polio cell,[73][74][75][76][77] and saved the government from what could have been an e-voting embarrassment.[78][79][80][81][82]

Peace-builder

Sania Nishtar is the Chair of the Health Committee of the Aman ki Asha[7] initiative, a campaign for peace between India and Pakistan, for which she has convened several meetings and negotiated declarations.[83][84] As a member of the Pakistan Chapter of the Partners for a New Beginning, Aspen Institute,[85][86] and a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Pakistan American Foundation[87] and the US-Muslim Engagement Initiative[88] she has been advocating for broader US-Pakistan engagement, towards improving social outcomes.

Role in Global Health

Sania Nishtar has been involved with many international agencies in various capacities. She has served as temporary advisor to the World Health Organization,[89][90] on more than 20 occasions and is a board member of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research,[91] and is co-chair of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity.[92] She is currently a Board member for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,[93] and previously served as chair of their Evaluation Advisory Committee.[94] She is also a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum since its inception,[95][96] and currently is a Trustee member of the Health Global Challenge initiative, as well as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. She is also a member of the Lancet and Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Planetary Health[97] and the Lancet and Harvard Commission on Pain and Palliative Care.[98] In addition, Sania Nishtar is member of the Steering Committee of the Emerging Markets Symposium,[99] which is an initiative of the Green Templeton College, Oxford University. She is also a member of the Board of the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health.[100]

Sania Nishtar also previously served on the Boards of the International Union for Health Promotion and the World Heart Federation (WHF) and has chaired WHF's Foundations Advisory Board from 2003 to 2006.[101] She chaired the World Heart Day campaign in its founding years,[102][103] the 'Go Red for Women' campaign in 2004,[104] and the Expert Panel on Women and Heart Disease 2007 onwards.[105] She also previously served as member of the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health,[106] and was a member of the Working Group on Private Sector in Health Systems set up by Results for Development and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Sania Nishtar has been involved in several global health declarations. She was a member of the drafting committee of the Moscow Declaration on NCDs in 2011.[107] She chaired the drafting committee of WHO's Venice Statement on Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems in 2009.[108] She was also a member of the International Advisory Boards of the Osaka Declaration[109] and Victoria Declaration on Cardiovascular Diseases.[110]

Sania Nishtar is a regular plenary speaker or keynote speaker at international meetings, and speaks at forums such as Davos.[111] She has also been invited as a thought leader at UN agencies.[112]

She is on the international advisory board of The Lancet Global Health[113] and is on the editorial boards of Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal[114] and Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice.[115] Sania Nishtar has also been on the organising committees of many international conferences.[116][117]

Publications

Sania Nishtar's book Choked Pipes was published by the Oxford University Press in 2010.[118] The book received reviews in The Lancet,[119] and the WHO Bulletin[48] and other periodicals,[47][120] and was released in several cities.[121][122] She has also authored the book Chapters, and is a regular Oped contributor in The News International,[123] Huffington Post[124] and has also contributed in the Wall Street Journal[38] and Project Syndicate.[37] She was also editor of the Pakistan Lancet Series,[125] released in 2013.[126]

A list of scientific publications appears below:

Books and book chapters

  • Nishtar, Sania (29 May 2015). "68". In Frenk, Julio; Hoffman, Steven (eds.). To Save Humanity. US: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190221546. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2010). Choked Pipes: Reforming Pakistan's Mixed Health System. ISBN 978-0-19-547969-0.
  • Ralston, Johanna; Nishtar, Sania (2013). "Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion (Chapter: NCDs and Civil Society: A History and a Roadmap)": 411. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7594-1_27. ISBN 978-1-4614-7593-4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Nishtar S. Pakistan: potential to achieve universal coverage for health. Attaining Universal Health Coverage – A research initiative to support evidence-based advocacy and policy-making. EGEA 2010.
  • Nishtar S. Health Indicators of Pakistan. Gateway Paper II. Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, Federal Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Health; 2006.
  • Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper: Reforming Health Systems in Pakistan – a Strategic View. Heartfile and Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum; 2005.
  • Nishtar S. The National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Heartfile 2004.
  • Nishtar S. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia. Heartfile and SAARC Cardiac Society. ISBN 969-8651-00-4. Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Nishtar S. Public-Private Partnerships in the health sector – a call to action. The Commonwealth Health Ministers Book; 2007.[127]

Scientific publications

  • Nishtar, Sania; Boerma, Ties; Amjad, Sohail; Alam, Ali Yawar; Khalid, Faraz; Haq, Ihsan ul; Mirza, Yasir A (2013). "Pakistan's health system: Performance and prospects after the 18th Constitutional Amendment". The Lancet. 381 (9884): 2193–206. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60019-7. PMID 23684254.
  • Ahmed, Qanta A; Nishtar, Sania; Memish, Ziad A (2013). "Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: Time for the Muslim world to step in". The Lancet. 381 (9877): 1521–3. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60764-3. PMID 23623055.
  • Atun, Rifat; Jaffar, Shabbar; Nishtar, Sania; Knaul, Felicia M; Barreto, Mauricio L; Nyirenda, Moffat; Banatvala, Nicholas; Piot, Peter (2013). "Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases". The Lancet. 381 (9867): 690–7. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60063-X. PMID 23410609.
  • Nishtar, Sania; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Jafar, Tazeen H; Ghaffar, Abdul; Akhtar, Tasleem; Bengali, Kaiser; Isa, Qazi Asmat; Rahim, Ejaz (2013). "Health reform in Pakistan: A call to action". The Lancet. 381 (9885): 2291. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60813-2.
  • Attaran, A.; Barry, D.; Basheer, S.; Bate, R.; Benton, D.; Chauvin, J.; Garrett, L.; Kickbusch, I.; Kohler, J. C.; Midha, K.; Newton, P. N.; Nishtar, S.; Orhii, P.; McKee, M. (2012). "How to achieve international action on falsified and substandard medicines". BMJ. 345: e7381. doi:10.1136/bmj.e7381. PMID 23149211.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2012). "Pakistan's deadly cocktail of substandard drugs". The Lancet. 379 (9821): 1084. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60277-3.
  • Nishtar, Sania; Khalid, Faraz; Kazi, Anis; Batool, Naheed; Ikram, Andleeb; Khattak, Ihtiram ul Haque; Isa, Qazi Asmat; Jaffar, Hamid (2 December 2011). Heartfile Health Financing: striving to Achieve Health Equity in Pakistan. World Conference of Social Determinants of Health. Rio de Janeiro.
  • Rabkin, Miriam; Nishtar, Sania (2011). "Scaling Up Chronic Care Systems: Leveraging HIV Programs to Support Noncommunicable Disease Services". JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 57: S87–90. doi:10.1097/QAI.0b013e31821db92a. PMID 21857304.
  • Beaglehole, Robert; Bonita, Ruth; Alleyne, George; Horton, Richard; Li, Liming; Lincoln, Paul; Mbanya, Jean Claude; McKee, Martin; Moodie, Rob; Nishtar, Sania; Piot, Peter; Reddy, K Srinath; Stuckler, David; Lancet Ncd Action, Group (2011). "UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Addressing four questions". The Lancet. 378 (9789): 449–55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60879-9. PMID 21665266. {{cite journal}}: |first14= has generic name (help)
  • Nishtar, Sania; Mehboob, Ahmed Bilal (2011). "Pakistan prepares to abolish Ministry of Health". The Lancet. 378 (9792): 648–9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60606-5. PMID 21549420.
  • Beaglehole, Robert; Bonita, Ruth; Horton, Richard; Adams, Cary; Alleyne, George; Asaria, Perviz; Baugh, Vanessa; Bekedam, Henk; Billo, Nils; Casswell, Sally; Cecchini, Michele; Colagiuri, Ruth; Colagiuri, Stephen; Collins, Tea; Ebrahim, Shah; Engelgau, Michael; Galea, Gauden; Gaziano, Thomas; Geneau, Robert; Haines, Andy; Hospedales, James; Jha, Prabhat; Keeling, Ann; Leeder, Stephen; Lincoln, Paul; McKee, Martin; MacKay, Judith; Magnusson, Roger; Moodie, Rob; Mwatsama, Modi (2011). "Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis". The Lancet. 377 (9775): 1438–47. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60393-0. PMID 21474174.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2011). "The challenges of scaling up". The Lancet. 377 (9770): 986. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60374-7.
  • Nishtar, S (30 December 2011). "H1N1 crisis in Pakistan—lessons learnt". Singapore: Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies.
  • Nishtar S, Khalid F, Ikram A, et al. Protecting the poor against health impoverishment in Pakistan: proof of concept of the potential within innovative web and mobile phone technologies. Background Paper to the World Health Report, 2010, Health Systems.[128]
  • Samb, Badara; Desai, Nina; Nishtar, Sania; Mendis, Shanti; Bekedam, Henk; Wright, Anna; Hsu, Justine; Martiniuk, Alexandra; Celletti, Francesca; Patel, Kiran; Adshead, Fiona; McKee, Martin; Evans, Tim; Alwan, Ala; Etienne, Carissa (2010). "Prevention and management of chronic disease: A litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries". The Lancet. 376 (9754): 1785. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61353-0.
  • Sabih, F; Bile, KM; Buehler, W; Hafeez, A; Nishtar, S; Siddiqi, S (2010). "Implementing the district health system in the framework of primary health care in Pakistan: Can the evolving reforms enhance the pace towards the millennium development goals?". Eastern Mediterranean health journal. 16 Suppl: S132–44. PMID 21495599.
  • Alam, AY; Nishtar, S; Amjad, S; Bile, KM (2010). "Impact of wealth status on health outcomes in Pakistan". Eastern Mediterranean health journal. 16 Suppl: S152–8. PMID 21495601.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2010). "Corruption in health systems". The Lancet. 376 (9744): 874. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61413-4. PMID 20833301.
  • Nishtar, S; Bile, KM (2010). "The public-private niche in health—opportunities for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 60 (5): 333–4. PMID 20527599.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2010). "Scaling up financing for health". The Lancet. 375 (9719): 983. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60438-2.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2010). "The mixed health system syndrome". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88 (1): 74–5. doi:10.2471/BLT.09.067868. PMC 2802440. PMID 20428356.
  • Nishtar S. Pakistan, Politics and Polio. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010.[129]
  • Nishtar, S; Amjad, S; Sheikh, S; Ahmad, M (2009). "Synergizing health and population in Pakistan". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 59 (9 Suppl 3): S3–23. PMID 20088459.
  • Nishtar, S; Amjad, S (2009). "Pakistan's health-population mantra". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 59 (9 Suppl 3): S1–2. PMID 20088458.
  • Atun, Rifat; Dybul, Mark; Evans, Tim; Kim, Jim Yong; Moatti, Jean-Paul; Nishtar, Sania; Russell, Asia (2009). "Venice Statement on global health initiatives and health systems". The Lancet. 374 (9692): 783. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61588-9.
  • Lagomarsino, Gina; De Ferranti, David; Pablos-Mendez, Ariel; Nachuk, Stefan; Nishtar, Sania; Wibulpolprasert, Suwit (2009). "Public stewardship of mixed health systems". The Lancet. 374 (9701): 1577. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61241-1.
  • "An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems". The Lancet. 373 (9681): 2137. 2009. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60919-3.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2009). "How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular and other noncommunicable diseases?". Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine. 6 (3): 170–1. doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1445. PMID 19234497.
  • Nishtar, Sania; Pablos-Mendez, Ariel (2009). "The global financial downturn—imperatives for the health sector". The Lancet. 373 (9658): 124. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60037-4. PMID 19135611.
  • Evans, Timothy; Nishtar, Sania; Atun, Rifat; Etienne, Carissa (2008). "Scaling up research and learning for health systems: Time to act". The Lancet. 372 (9649): 1529. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61634-7.
  • Siddiqi, Sameen; Masud, Tayyeb I.; Nishtar, Sania; Peters, David H.; Sabri, Belgacem; Bile, Khalif M.; Jama, Mohamed A. (2009). "Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries: Gateway to good governance". Health Policy. 90 (1): 13–25. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.08.005. PMID 18838188.
  • Rizvi, Narjis; Nishtar, Sania (2008). "Pakistan's health policy: Appropriateness and relevance to women's health needs". Health Policy. 88 (2–3): 269–81. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.011. PMID 18479774.
  • Wierzbicki, Anthony S.; Nishtar, Sania; Lumb, Peter J.; Lambert-Hammill, Michelle; Crook, Martin A.; Marber, Michael S.; Gill, Jaswinder (2008). "Waist circumference, metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in a Pakistani cohort". International Journal of Cardiology. 128 (1): 77–82. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.036. PMID 17689739.
  • Wierzbicki, A. S.; Nishtar, S.; Lumb, P. J.; Lambert-Hammill, M.; Crook, M. A.; Marber, M. S.; Gill, J. (2008). "Insulin resistance phenotypes and coronary artery disease in a native Pakistani cohort". International Journal of Clinical Practice. 62 (5): 701–7. doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01722.x. PMID 18341566.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2007). "Integrating a new public health order". The Lancet. 370 (9603): 1901. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61801-7.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2007). "Time for a global partnership on non-communicable diseases". The Lancet. 370 (9603): 1887. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61791-7.
  • Alam, Ali; Iqbal, Azhar; Mohamud, Khalif; Laporte, Ronald E; Ahmed, Ashfaq; Nishtar, Sania (2008). "Investigating socio-economic-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan". BMC Public Health. 8: 50. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-50. PMC 2268929. PMID 18254981.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • Abegunde, Dele; Shengelia, B; Luyten, A; Cameron, A; Celletti, F; Nishtar, S; Pandurangi, V; Mendis, S (2007). "Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular risk in primary care?". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85 (6): 432–40. doi:10.2471/BLT.06.032177. PMC 2636344. PMID 17639240.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2007). "Politics of health systems: WHO's new frontier". The Lancet. 370 (9591): 935. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61442-1.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2007). "The WHO Director-General election finale". The Lancet. 369 (9557): 185. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60096-8.
  • Nishtar, S. (2007). "Community health promotion-- a step further". Promotion & Education. 14 (2): 61. doi:10.1177/10253823070140021301.
  • Ronis, K.A.; Nishtar, S. (2007). "Community health promotion in Pakistan: A policy development perspective". Promotion & Education. 14 (2): 98. doi:10.1177/10253823070140022101.
  • Morgan, A; Ziglio, E (2007). "Revitalising the evidence base for public health: An assets model". Promotion & education. Suppl 2: 17–22. PMID 17685075.
  • Nishtar, Sania; Voûte, Janet (2007). "Women and heart disease: Time for change". Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine. 4 (5): 231. doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0879. PMID 17457347.
  • Nishtar, S. (2006). "Lessons in tackling chronic disease". BMJ. 333 (7573): 820. doi:10.1136/bmj.39003.517731.BE. PMC 1618433. PMID 17053219.
  • O'Neill, M. (2006). "The use of "sin taxes" to fund health promotion foundations: Introducing the debate addressed in Karen Slama's article". Promotion & Education. 13: 7. doi:10.1177/10253823060130010103.
  • Nishtar, S; Voûte, J; Grizeau-Clemens, D (2006). "Improving heart health in Europe". Circulation. 113 (4): f16. PMID 16453401.
  • Nishtar, Sania; Bile, Khalif Mohamud; Ahmed, Ashfaq; Amjad, Saba; Iqbal, Azhar (2005). "Integrated Population-Based Surveillance of Noncommunicable Diseases". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 29 (5): 102–6. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2005.07.034. PMID 16389134.
  • Nishtar, S; Mohamud Bile, KM; Ahmed, A; Faruqui, AM; Mirza, Z; Shera, S; Ghaffar, A; Minhas, FA; Khan, A; Jaffery, NA; Rajput, M; Mirza, YA; Aslam, M; Rahim, E (2006). "Process, rationale, and interventions of Pakistan's National Action Plan on Chronic Diseases". Preventing chronic disease. 3 (1): A14. PMC 1500955. PMID 16356367.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2004). "Public – private 'partnerships' in health – a global call to action". Health Research Policy and Systems. 2 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/1478-4505-2-5. PMC 514532. PMID 15282025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • Nishtar, Sania (2004). "Prevention of non-communicable diseases in Pakistan: An integrated partnership-based model". Health Research Policy and Systems. 2 (1): 7. doi:10.1186/1478-4505-2-7. PMC 520824. PMID 15363112.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • Nishtar, Sania; Mirza, Yasir Abbas; Jehan, Saulat; Hadi, Yasmin; Badar, Asma; Yusuf, Shazia; Shahab, Saqib (2004). "Newspaper Articles as a Tool for Cardiovascular Prevention Programs in a Developing Country". Journal of Health Communication. 9 (4): 355–69. doi:10.1080/10810730490468603. PMID 15371087.
  • Nishtar, S. (2004). "South Asian health: What is to be done?: SAARC: Regional cooperation for sustainable health". BMJ. 328 (7443): 837. doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7443.837-a.
  • Nishtar, Sania (2002). "Prevention of coronary heart disease in south Asia". The Lancet. 360 (9338): 1015. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11088-9.

Awards

Nishtar is the recipient of Pakistan's Sitara e-Imtiaz,[130][130] a presidential award, the European Societies Population Science Award, and the First Global Innovation Award by the Rockefeller Foundation.[131][132] She was admitted to the Medical Mission Hall of Fame in Toledo, Ohio in 2011.[133][134]

In the beginning of 2014, she was mentioned in the Top-20 List of 'Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World' by the Muslim Scientists List in recognition of her policy advocacy contributions.[135]

Media

Sania Nishtar has been frequently quoted in the press in relation to health issues relevant to Pakistan[136][137][138][139][140][141] and global health issues, particularly Polio eradication,[136][142] Non-Communicable diseases,[143] and health systems. She has been profiled in many publications as a health advocate, minister, and prominent woman in the world.[144][145]

Rockhopper TV[146] has made a documentary[147] about one aspect of Sania Nishtar’s work, which involves building systems for change. The Documentary has been named after her book, Choked Pipes and has had previews at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.[148] It will be released later in 2016.

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 Government Focal Person for Health/Federal Minister
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 Federal Minister for Science and Technology
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