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Zafar Mirza

Zafar Mirza

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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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Robotic priorities

WHEN resources are scarce, priorities are set carefully to avoid compromising on necessities. That is a basic economic rule applicable to all spheres,...

01.12.2023 100

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Understanding suicide

“No one commits suicide because they want to die”… “Because they want to stop the pain”. Tiffanie DeBartolo WHILE late Asim Jamil’s...

17.11.2023 100

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Dealing with depression

“There are wounds that never show on the body…” — Laurell K. Hamilton ASIM Jamil, a young man in his 30s, killed himself some days ago. A...

03.11.2023 200

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Waste not the crises

LAST month, the World Bank and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics convened a two-day national dialogue titled ‘Reforms for a Brighter...

20.10.2023 100

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In pursuit of quality PHC

MY quest for quality primary healthcare continues. I see it as a panacea for health development in my country. We will never be able to improve our...

08.09.2023 80

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