Check out our new paper on #Covid -19 contact tracing. We applied #systemsthinking and #processmapping to understand what worked well/less well in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Zaeem Zia MD-MPH Shamsa Rizwan Daniel Cobos Swiss TPH Frontiers

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<411> The success story of Sehat Sahulat Program in Pakistan. Read my Oped article in DAWN today - Unpacking Social Health Insurance. dawn.com/news/1634058/u…

235/ Everybody doesn’t need to wear mask. Those FEW who need to use mask include: 1. Patients having #COVIDー19 2. Health workers treating COVID-19 patients, & 3. People having severe cough/flu. This is GoP official advisory. #CoronaFreePakistan #SehatmandPakistan

221/ No need to panic about #Coronavirus but be careful and act responsibly! Remember, 97% cases of Coronavirus fully recover. Please share widely this PUBLUC SERVICE MESSAGE

193/ I am launching a GoP official Public Service Message on novel corona virus. The key point: no need to panic but also don’t take it lightly. It is preventable if appropriate public health measures are taken at appropriate time. I congratulate the production team! Viral it pl!

135/ A 3 day National Campaign for vaccinating all children <5 years in Pakistan (39.6 millions), will start tomorrow. 265,000 polio workers will be involved. Please share the below message as widely as possible to #endpilio

This longterm study will help us in identifying risk factors of maternal & child illnesses in Pakistan & accordingly shape health policies and train a new cadre of health researchers. Thanks John Wright. For more details contact HDRFoundation

No health without mental health - one third of global burden of disease yet unacceptable apathy from governments. New Pakistan initiative aims to address that

Simon Gilbody Children of Pakistan

Great meeting with Minister of Health of Pakistan Zafar Mirza - wise, thoughtful and deeply supportive for Pakistan’s first birth cohort study Children of Pakistan - a real chance to develop world class health research that saves lives

Born in Bradford @DeborahLawlor2 Prof Rosie McEachan 🇪🇺

14 years (almost to the day) since Imran Khan launched Born in Bradford it is a privilege to be working with Zafar Mirza and HDRFoundation to establish Pakistan’s first birth cohort study Children of Pakistan. Hands across the world.

(I think I might have aged a little (!))

It’s squeaky grant submission time for Children of Pakistan - for exciting first longitudinal Pakistan birth cohort study. Missing @DeborahLawlor2 😥

High 15s all around (should be high 20s @DeborahLawlor2)

Prof Rosie McEachan 🇪🇺 Born in Bradford

Rolling out the carpet for Children of Pakistan - over 700 women recruited since pilot began in summer - what a fab team Born in Bradford @DeborahLawlor2 @dvh13 Prof Rosie McEachan 🇪🇺

51/ Worth spreading around the world.

Is it possible to have a global debate on #Kashmir while holding all Kashmiris gagged and bound? Is it possible (or morally right) to declare a 'victory' in such a 'debate' where the Kashmiris aren't allowed to speak, let alone participate🤔
#KeepingItSimple - the answer is no.

This is Srinagar yesterday despite curfews, bans, blackouts, teargas & firing. No amount of oppression & brutality can suppress the resentment of the Kashmiris against India. They want freedom at all costs. Please retweet and let the world know.

Pakistan must focus on mental health as it is least recognized of health issues. It is a huge burden & has devastating effect on society. Depression in parents carries life long effects in children.Substance abuse,suicidal thoughts etc. are just extreme indicators crying for help

44/ President Sb asked me to convene a mting of experts on harnessing IT to address mental hlth issues. A grp led by Prof Atif Rahman of HDRFoundation met on 16/8 and presented practical recmndtions yday. Vry impresd, Dr. Arif Alvi advised us to develop a NAP & present back. 🙏 Sir!

India has been captured, as Germany had been captured by Nazis, by a fascist, racist Hindu Supremacist ideology & leadership.This threatens 9m Kashmiris under siege in IOK for over 2 weeks which shd have sent alarm bells ringing across the world with UN Observers being sent there