Health Systems
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Peer reviewed publications
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Peter Gluckman P, Nishtar S. Armstrong T. Ending childhood obesity: a multidimensional challenge. The Lancet 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60509-8 |
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Gutierrez H, Shewade A, Dai M, Mendoza-Arana P, Gomez-Dantes O, Jain N, Khonelidze I, Nabyonga-Orem J, Saleh K, Teerawattananon Y, Nishtar S, Hornberger J> Health Care Coverage Decision Making in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Experiences from 25 Coverage Schemes. Popul Health Manag. 2014 Nov 13. 25393442 |
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Nishtar S. Reflections from my tenure as minister. Lancet 2014 Sep 3. pii: S0140-6736(14)61284-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61284-8. [Epub ahead of print] |
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Russell E, Swanson RC, Atun R, Nishtar S, Chunharas S. Systems thinking for the post-2015 agenda. Lancet. 2014 Jun 21;383(9935):2124-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61028-X. |
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Nishtar S. Health in the post-2015 agenda: three considerations in moving forward. Nishtar S. East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Mar 13;20(2):71-2. |
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Nishtar S and Ralston J. Can human resources for health in the context of non-communicable disease control be a lever for health system changes? Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2013 November; 91(11):895-896. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.118711. |
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Bhutta ZA, Nishtar S. Health and research in Pakistan – Authors’ reply. Lancet 2013; 382(9900):1246 |
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Nishtar S, Bhutta ZA, Jafar TH, et al. Health reform in Pakistan: a call to action. Lancet. 2013 May 16. doi:pii: S0140-6736(13)60813-2. 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60813-2. |
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Nishtar S, Boerma T, Amjad S, et al. Pakistan’s health system: performance and prospects after the 18th Constitutional Amendment. Lancet 2013 May 16. doi:pii: S0140-6736(13)60019-7. 10.1016/S0140-6736(13 )60019-7. |
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Ahmed QA, Nishtar S, Memish ZA. Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: time for the Muslim world to step in. Lancet. 2013 May 4;381(9877):1521-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60764-3. Epub 2013 Apr 24. |
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Rifat Atun, Shabbar Jaffar, Sania Nishtar, Felicia M Knaul, Mauricio L Barreto, Moffat Nyirenda, Nicholas Banatvala, Peter Piot. Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases. The Lancet, 12 February 2013: doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60063-X |
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Attaran A, Barry D, Basheer S, Bate R, Benton D, Chauvin J, Garrett L, Kickbusch I, Kohler JC, Midha K, Newton PN, Nishtar S, Orhii P, McKee M. How to achieve international action on falsified and substandard medicines. BMJ. 2012 Nov 13;345:e7381. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7381 |
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Nishtar S. Pakistan’s deadly cocktail of substandard drugs. The Lancet – 5 March 2012. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60277-3 |
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Nishtar S, Khalid F, Batool N, et al. Heartfile Health Financing: striving to Achieve Health Equity in Pakistan. |
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Rabkin M. Nishtar S. Scaling Up Chronic Care Systems: Leveraging HIV Programs to Support Non-communicable Disease Services. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2011;57(2):87-90. |
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Nishtar S, Mehboob AB. Pakistan prepares to abolish Ministry of Health. The Lancet May 4, 2011 |
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Nishtar S. The Challenges of Scaling up. Lancet 2011;377:986. |
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Nishtar S. H1N1 crisis in Pakistan—lessons learnt. NTS Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 4, 2011. Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Singapore. |
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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 Financing (World Health Organization) |
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Samb B, Desai N, Nishtar S, Mendis S, Bekedam H, Wright A, et.al. Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet 2010;376(9754): 1785-97. |
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F. Sabih, K. M. Bile, W. Buehler, A. Hafeez, S. Nishtar, S. Siddiqi 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 Med health journal Volume 16 (September) Supplement, 2010. |
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A.Y. Alam, S. Nishtar, S. Amjad, K.M. Bile Impact of wealth status on health outcomes in Pakistan. Eastern Med health journal Volume 16 (September) Supplement, 2010. |
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Nishtar S. Corruption in health systems — Lancet 2010; 376(9744):874. |
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Nishtar S, Bile KM. The public-private niche in health — opportunities for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2010; 60(5):333-4. |
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Nishtar S. Scaling up Financing for Health. Lancet 2010;375:983 |
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Nishtar S. Choked Pipes — Reforming Pakistan’s Mixed Health System (invited editorial). J Pak Med Assoc 2010;60(4):252-3 |
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Nishtar S. Mixed Health Systems Syndrome. Bull World Health Organ 2010;88:74-75. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067868 |
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Nishtar S. Pakistan, Politics and Polio. Bull World Health Organ 2010. 10.2471/ BLT.09.066480 |
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Nishtar S. Amjad S. Synergizing health and population in Pakistan. J Pak Med Asoc 2009;Suppl3:S3-20 |
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Nishtar S. Amjad S. Pakistan’s Health Population Mantra. J Pak Med Asoc 2009;Suppl3:S1-2 |
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Atun R, Dybul M, Evans T, Kim JY, Moatti JP, Nishtar S, Russell A. Venice Statement on global health initiatives and health systems. Lancet 2009; 374(9692): 783-4 |
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Lagomarsino G, de Ferranti D, Pablos-Mendez A, Nachuk S, Nishtar S, Wibulpolprasert S. Public stewardship of mixed health systems. Lancet 2009 Nov 7;374(9701): 1577-8 |
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World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group, Samb B, Evans T, Dybul M, Atun R, Moatti JP, Nishtar S, Wright A, Celletti F, Hsu J, Kim JY, Brugha R, Russell A, Etienne C. An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems. Lancet 2009;20(373):2137-69 |
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Nishtar S. How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2009;6(3):170-1 |
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Nishtar S. Pablos-Mendez A. The Global Financial downturn—imperatives for the health sector. Lancet 2009;373:124. |
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Evans T, Nishtar S, Atun R, Etienne C. Scaling up research and learning for health systems: time to act. Lancet 2008;372(9649):1529-31. |
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Siddiqui S, Masud TI, Nishtar S, Peters DH, Sabri B, Bile KM, Jama MA. Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries: Gateway to good governance. Health Policy 2008 [Epub ahead of print] |
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Rizvi N, Nishtar S. Pakistan’s health policy: appropriateness and relevance to women’s health needs. Health Policy. 2008 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] |
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Nishtar S. Politics of health systems: WHO’s new frontier. Lancet. 2007 Sep 15;370(9591):935-6. |
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Nishtar S. The WHO Director General election finale. Lancet 2007;369(9557):185 |
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Nishtar S. Community health promotion–a step further. Promot Educ. 2007;14(2):61-2, 109-10, 124-5. |
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Ronis KA, Nishtar S. Community health promotion in Pakistan: a policy development perspective. Promot Educ. 2007;14(2):98-9. |
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Nishtar S. Health reforms in Pakistan–configuring health beyond
the health sector. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S120-35. |
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Nishtar S. Evidence from research and its implications for health reforms in Pakistan: the Gateway Paper perspective. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S112-9. |
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Nishtar S. Pharmaceuticals–strategic considerations in health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S100-11. |
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Nishtar S. Human resource solutions–the Gateway Paper proposed health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S94-9. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–proposed health reforms in Pakistan–interface considerations. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S78-93. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–health service delivery outside of the public sector in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S66-77. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–preventive and promotive programs in Pakistan and health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S51-65. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–public sector service delivery infrastructure and health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S43-50. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–financing health in Pakistan and its linkage with health reforms. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S25-42. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–stewardship and governance in the health sector in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S14-24. |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper–context and configuration of the proposed health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S2-13. |
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Nishtar S, Perry M, Lammare MC, Ritchie J. Global Consortium on Community Health Promotion. Promotion and Education 2006;XIII(1):7-8. |
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Books and book chapters
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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. |
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Nishtar S. Choked Pipes: Reforming Pakistan’s Health System. Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19-547969-0 |
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Nishtar S. Health Indicators of Pakistan. Gateway Paper II. Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, Federal Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Health; 2006 |
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Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper: Reforming Health Systems in Pakistan – a Strategic View. Heartfile and Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum; 2005 |
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Nishtar S. The National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Heartfile 2004 |
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Nishtar S. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia. Heartfile and SAARC Cardiac Society. ISBN 969-8651-00-4. Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Nishtar S. Public-Private Partnerships in the health sector – a call to action. The Commonwealth Health Ministers Book; 2007 |
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Nishtar S. Health chapter. Vision 2030 of the Planning Commission of Pakistan |
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Nishtar S. Health section. National Commission for Government Reform. 2007 |
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Op-ed columns
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Pakistan and polio, The News International; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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Drug regulation and beyond, The News International; Saturday, June 25, 2011 |
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Non-communicable diseases: evidence-policy disconnect, The News International; Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Operation polio, The News International; Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
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Dengue: fears & imperatives, The News International; Saturday, November 07, 2010 |
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Population denominator, The News International; Saturday, July 10, 2010 |
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The budget’s ‘social footprint’, The News International; Saturday, July 3, 2010 |
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The problem with BISP health insurance, The News International; Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
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Politics of health reform – Part 3, The News International; Monday, June 7, 2010 |
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Politics of health reform – Part 2, The News International; Saturday, May 29, 2010 |
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Politics of health reform – Part 1, The News International; Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
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The healthcare bill 2009, The News International; Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
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Budget 2009-10 and the health sector, The News International; Monday, July 06, 2009 |
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Financial crisis, social unrest and reform, The News International; Monday, January 05, 2009 |
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Global crises—imperatives for a just social order, The News International; Sunday, December 14, 2008 |
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A new war – against polio, The News International; Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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National trade policy 2008/09 – the trade-health interface, The News International; Saturday, August 09, 2008 |
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Health Policy – chinks in the armor, The News International; Monday, July 14, 2008 |
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Financing health insurance, The News International; Saturday, June 28, 2008 |
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Budget – five points under the health lens, The News International; Saturday, June 21, 2008 |
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Disease Diplomacy, The News International; Sunday, July 01, 2007 |
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Health and the budget 2007 – How “healthy” is our budget? The News International; Sunday, June 10, 2007 |
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What is the role of the state in health? The News International; Sunday, February 25, 2007 |
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Social Policy Reform – raison d etre, The News International; Sunday, Jan-Feb 2007 |
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A new paradigm for regulating drugs and pharmaceuticals, The News International; Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
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Dengue and its likes – long term context, The News International; Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
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Opening the insurance market – the health perspective, The News International; Sunday, October 01, 2006 |
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“Playing” Social Protection with a new
stack of cards! Blue Chip; September 2006 |
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Health in Executive Committee of the
National Economic Council (ECNEC), The News International; Sunday,
September 10, 2006 |
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Tools for treatment – Scope for using
technology in reforming and improving the health sector is immense, The News International; Sunday, August 27, 2006 |
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Rahim Yar Khan’ health initiative –
revisited, The News International; Sunday, August 06, 2006 |
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‘Playing health’ with a new stack of
cards, The News International; Sunday, July 02, 2006 |
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Budget 2006-07 – an ode to health, Blue
Chip; June 2006 |
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The Health Budget 2006 – the policy
context, The News International; Sunday, June 04, 2006 |
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Social Health Insurance in NWFP – the
steps ahead, The News International; Sunday, April 30, 2006 |
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Primary safeguards, The News International;
Sunday, April 23, 2006 |
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Civil Service Reforms – the move from
hype-to-hope, The News International; Sunday, April 09, 2006 |
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The Gateway Paper – towards a health
systems reform, The News International; Sunday, March 19, 2006 |
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Governance |
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Peer reviewed publications
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Gutierrez H, Shewade A, Dai M, Mendoza-Arana P, Gomez-Dantes O, Jain N, Khonelidze I, Nabyonga-Orem J, Saleh K, Teerawattananon Y, Nishtar S, Hornberger J> Health Care Coverage Decision Making in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Experiences from 25 Coverage Schemes. Popul Health Manag. 2014 Nov 13. 25393442 |
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Nishtar S. Reflections from my tenure as minister. Lancet 2014 Sep 3. pii: S0140-6736(14)61284-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61284-8. [Epub ahead of print] |
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Nishtar S. Health in the post-2015 agenda: three considerations in moving forward. Nishtar S. East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Mar 13;20(2):71-2. |
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Nishtar S, Bhutta ZA, Jafar TH, et al. Health reform in Pakistan: a call to action. Lancet. 2013 May 16. doi:pii: S0140-6736(13)60813-2. 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60813-2. |
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Nishtar S, Boerma T, Amjad S, et al. Pakistan’s health system: performance and prospects after the 18th Constitutional Amendment. Lancet 2013 May 16. doi:pii: S0140-6736(13)60019-7. 10.1016/S0140-6736(13 )60019-7. |
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Ahmed QA, Nishtar S, Memish ZA. Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: time for the Muslim world to step in. Lancet. 2013 May 4;381(9877):1521-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60764-3. Epub 2013 Apr 24. |
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Atun R, Jaffar S, Nishtar S, et al. Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases. Lancet. 2013 Feb 23;381(9867):690-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60063-X. Epub 2013 Feb 12. |
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Op-ed columns
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Part-2: Devolving health, The News International; Saturday, September 03, 2011 |
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Some misunderstood attributes, The News International; Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
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Part-1: Devolving health – a way forward, The News International; Saturday, July 23, 2011 |
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Solutions from within, The News International; Saturday, May 28, 2011 |
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Mandate to regulate, The News International; Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Health and the 18th Amendment, The News International; Saturday, April 02, 2011 |
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Doctors’ movement, The News International; Saturday, March 19, 2011 |
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Operation polio, The News International; Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
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Anti-corruption strategies, The News International; Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
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Risks and resilience, The News International; Saturday, January 01, 2011 |
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The vanishing ministry, The News International; Saturday, December 25, 2010 |
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The FDP premise, The News International; Monday, November 22, 2010 |
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The budget process, The News International; Saturday, October 23, 2010 |
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The flood and disaster observatory, The News International; Saturday, October 02, 2010 |
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Innovative flood-financing, The News International; Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
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Disaster governance, The News International; Saturday, September 04, 2010 |
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Child protection legislation, The News International; Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
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Poverty and pragmatism, The News International; Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
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The penchant for provinces, The News International; Saturday, May 08, 2010 |
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Parliamentary empirics, The News International; Saturday, April 24, 2010 |
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Sanitising the constitution, The News International; Friday, April 09, 2010 |
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On national security policy, The News International; Saturday, April 03, 2010 |
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National Health Policy 2010, The News International; Monday, March 22, 2010 |
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The data-collection challenge, The News International; Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
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Women through the governance lens, The News International; Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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Civil service reform revisited, The News International; Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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Separation of powers, The News International; Saturday, February 20, 2010 |
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The taxonomy within FoDP, The News International; Saturday, February 13, 2010 |
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A poor man’s woes, The News International; Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
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2010 — grand challenges, The News International; Monday, January 11, 2010 |
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Beyond the NFC Award, The News International; Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
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Road to anti-corruption reform, The News International; Saturday, December 19, 2009 |
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The federation and provincial autonomy, The News International; Saturday, December 12, 2009 |
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Amending
Constitution, The News International; Saturday, November 28,
2009 |
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The way
forward—post NRO, The News International; Saturday, November 7,
2009 |
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Merging
ministries? The News International; Saturday, October 31, 2009 |
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Aid
empirics, The News International; Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
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Freedom of
information—oxygen of democracy, The News International; Monday,
October 12, 2009 |
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Is aid the
answer? The News International; Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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Constitutional amendments, The News International; Saturday,
September 19, 2009 |
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Governance
− Through the sugar-crisis lens, The News International;
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
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Nuancing
national security, The News International; Saturday, August 22,
2009 |
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Anti-corruption reform, The News International; Saturday, August
15, 2009 |
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Devolution
reform, The News International; Saturday, August 08, 2009 |
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Judicialisation of rights, The News International; Saturday,
July 25, 2009 |
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The IDP-governance
link, The News International; Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
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Equity, social
justice and the social sector, The News International; Monday, June
22, 2009 |
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Institutionalizing Accountability? The News International;
Monday, May 25, 2009 |
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A Marshall Plan? The News International; Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
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The white paper and the question of aid effectiveness, The
News International; Saturday, April 11, 2009 |
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The fight against spurious drugs, The News International; Saturday, February 14, 2009 |
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Restructuring and reforming NAB, The
News International; Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
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NAB and related governance issues, The
News International; Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
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Democracy and governance – upstream
determinants, The News
International; Monday, September 08, 2008 |
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Independence Day – an ode to governance, The News International; Sunday, August
17, 2008 |
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Governance empirics, The News
International; Sunday, August 03, 2008 |
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Pakistan’s Covert Cartels, The News
International; Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
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Honing the 100-day agenda, The News
International; Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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Anti-corruption reform – strategic
imperatives, The News International; Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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Political
party manifestos – a sectoral insight, The News International; Saturday,
February 16, 2008 |
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The Social Sector – telling evidence, The News International; Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
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The new government’s option, Blue Chip;
Nov-Dec 2007 |
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Corruption: the need-greed equation, The News International; Sunday, December 09, 2007 |
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Does corruption lurk in the health sector
of Pakistan? The News International; Sunday, August 05, 2007 |
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Public-Private
Partnership |
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Peer
reviewed publications
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Nishtar S. Time for a global
partnership on Non-Communicable Diseases. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1887-8. |
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Nishtar S. Public-private ‘partnerships’
in health – a global call to action. Health Res Policy Syst. 2004
Jul 28;2(1):5. |
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Book
Chapters
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Nishtar S. Public-private partnerships
– a call to action. Book Chapter: In: Commonwealth Health Minister’
Book: 2007 |
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Op-ed columns
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The
forthcoming budget and the public-private mantra, The News
International; Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
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The public-private interface: more than
‘a driver of economic growth’, The News International; Sunday, May
28, 2006 |
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Chronic
diseases |
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Peer
reviewed publications
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Global
Health and NCDs
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Peter Gluckman P, Nishtar S. Armstrong T. Ending childhood obesity: a multidimensional challenge. The Lancet 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60509-8 |
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Rifat Atun, Shabbar Jaffar, Sania Nishtar, Felicia M Knaul, Mauricio L Barreto, Moffat Nyirenda, Nicholas Banatvala, Peter Piot. Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases. The Lancet, 12 February 2013: doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60063-X |
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Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita, George Alleyne, Richard Horton, Liming Li, Paul Lincoln, Jean Claude Mbanya, Martin McKee, Rob Moodie, Sania Nishtar, Peter Piot, K Srinath Reddy, David Stuckler, for The Lancet NCD Action Group. UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Addressing four questions. Published online June 13, 2011 DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60879-9 |
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Beaglehole R, Bonita R, Horton R, Adams C, Alleyne G, Asaria P, Baugh V, Bekedam H, Billo N, Casswell S, Cecchini M, Colagiuri R, Colagiuri S, Collins T, Ebrahim S, Engelgau M, Galea G, Gaziano T, Geneau R, Haines A, Hospedales J, Jha P, Keeling A, Leeder S, Lincoln P, McKee M, Mackay J, Magnusson R, Moodie R, Mwatsama M, Nishtar S, Norrving B, Patterson D, Piot P, Ralston J, Rani M, Reddy KS, Sassi F, Sheron N, Stuckler D, Suh I, Torode J, Varghese C, Watt J; Lancet NCD Action Group; NCD Alliance. Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis. Lancet. 2011 Apr 23;377(9775):1438-47. |
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Samb B, Desai N, Nishtar S, Mendis S, Bekedam H, Wright A, et.al. Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet 2010;376(9754): 1785-97. |
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Nishtar S.
How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular
and other non-communicable diseases? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med.
2009;6(3):170-1 |
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Nishtar S. Integrating a new
public health order. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1901. |
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Nishtar S. Time for a global
partnership on Non-Communicable Diseases. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1887-8. |
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Nishtar S, Voute J. Women and
Heart Disease: time for change. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 2007;4(5):231 |
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Nishtar S. Lessons in tackling
chronic disease. BMJ 2006;333(7573)820. |
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Nishtar S. Improving heart health
in Europe. Circulation 2006;113(4):f16 |
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Azad N. Nishtar S. A call for
a gender specific approach to address the world-wide cardiovascular
disease burden. Prevention and Control 2005;1:223-7. |
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Voûte J, Nishtar S,
Grizeau-Clemens D. World Heart Day 2000-2004 – A day that builds
awareness and capacity. Prevention and Control, 2005, 1:17-19. |
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Nishtar S. The SAARC Seven – regional cooperation for sustainable health outcomes.
BMJ 2004. BMJ 2004;328:837. |
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Jabbour S, Nishtar S, Prabhakaran
D, Chockalingham A, Achiutti A, Agrawal A, Luna M, Garofalo F, Wielgosz
A. Information and communication technology in cardiovascular disease
prevention in developing countries: Hype and Hope. Int J Cardiol.
2003 Dec; 92(2-3): 105-11. |
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Bayes de Luna A, Tse TF, de Figueiredo
MB, Maranhao M, Voute J, Nishtar S, Fuster V, Poole-Wilson
P; World Heart Federation. World Heart Day: a World Heart Federation
enterprise promoting the prevention of heart disease and stroke
across the world. Circulation. 2003 Sep 2;108(9):1038-40. |
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Nishtar S. Coronary Heart Disease
Prevention in South Asia. Lancet 2002; 360: 1015-18. |
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Pakistan and NCDs
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Ahmed QA, Nishtar S, Memish ZA. Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: time for the Muslim world to step in. Lancet. 2013 May 4;381(9877):1521-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60764-3. Epub 2013 Apr 24. |
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Alam AY, Iqbal A, Mohamud KB, Laporte
RE, Ahmed A, Nishtar S. Investigating socio-economic-demographic
determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. BMC Public
Health 2008;8(1):50 |
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Nishtar S, Shera S. Diabetes
prevention and control as part of the integrated Non-Communicable
Disease strategy: the Pakistan approach. Practical Diabetes int
2006;23(8):1-3. |
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Nishtar S, Lateef E. Tobacco
Control – an integral component of the National Action Plan for
Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion
in Pakistan. Prevention and Control. Vol2, Issue 2, Pages 95-102
(June 2006) |
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Nishtar S, Bile KM, Ahmed A,
Faruqui AMA, Mirza Z, Shera S, et al. Process, rationale, and interventions
of Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Chronic Diseases. Prev Chronic
Dis. 2006 Jan;3(1):A14. Epub 2005 Dec 15. |
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Nishtar S, Bile KM, Ahmed A,
Amjad S, Iqbal A. Integrated population-based surveillance of Non-Communicable
Diseases the Pakistan model. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Dec;29(5 Suppl
1):102-6. |
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Nishtar S, Minhas FA, Ahmed A,
Badar A, Mohamud KB. Prevention and control of mental illnesses
and mental health: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control
and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl
3):S69-77. |
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Nishtar S, Mohamud KB, Razzak
J, Ghaffar A, Ahmed A, Khan SA, Mirza YA. Injury prevention and
control: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control and Health
Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S57-68. |
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Nishtar S, Ahmed A, Bhurgri Y,
Mohamud KB, Zoka N, Sultan F, Jafarey NA. Prevention and control
of cancers: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control and
Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl
3):S45-56. |
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Nishtar S, Ahmed A, Kazi Y, Khan
A, Mohamud KB. Prevention and control of chronic chest diseases:
National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable
Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12
Suppl 3):S42-4. |
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Nishtar S, Mirza Z, Mohamud KB,
Latif E, Ahmed A, Jafarey NA. Tobacco control: National Action Plan
for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health
Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S31-41. |
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Nishtar S, Shera S, Rafique G,
Mohamud KB, Ahmed A. Diabetes prevention and control: National Action
Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and
Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl
3):S26-30. |
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Nishtar S, Faruqui AM, Mattu
MA, Mohamud KB, Ahmed A. National Action Plan for Prevention and
Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan
– Cardiovascular diseases. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S14-25. |
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Nishtar S. National Action Plan
for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health
Promotion in Pakistan–Common action area. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12
Suppl 3):S9-13. |
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Nishtar S. National Action Plan
for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and
Health Promotion in Pakistan–Prelude and finale. J Pak Med Assoc.
2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S1-8. |
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Nishtar S. Prevention of Non-Communicable
Diseases in Pakistan: an integrated partnership-based model. Health
Res Policy Syst. 2004 Sep 13;2(1):7. |
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Riskcorn
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Wierzbicki AS, Nishtar S, Lumb PJ,
Lambert-Hammill M, Crook MA, Marber MS, Gill J. Insulin resistance
phenotypes and coronary artery disease in a native Pakistani cohort.
Int J Clin Pract 2008;62(5):701-7. Epub 2008 Mar 12. |
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Wierzbicki AS, Nishtar S, Lumb PJ,
Lambert-Hammill M, Crook MA, Marber MS, Gill J. Waist circumference,
metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in a Pakistani
cohort. Int J Cardiol 2008;128(1):77-82. Epub 2007 Aug 8. |
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AS Wierzbicki, S Nishtar, P J
Lumb, M Lambert-Hammill, C N Turner, MA Crook, M S Marber, Gill
JS. Metabolic syndrome and risk of coronary heart disease in a Pakistani
population. Heart 2005;91:1003–1007. |
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AS Wierzbicki, S Nishtar, P J
Lumb, M Lambert-Hammill, C N Turner, M ACrook, M S Marber, Gill
JS. Impaired renal function and atherosclerosis in a Pakistani cohort.
Curr med Res Opin 21(8); 2005: 1201–1207. |
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Nishtar S, Wierzbicki AS, Lumb
P, Hammill ML, Turner CN, Cook MA, et al. Low HDL and waist hip
ratio predict the risk of coronary artery disease in Pakistanis.
Curr med Res Opin 2004: 20(1): 55-64. |
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Nishtar S, Gill JS, Wierzbicki
AS. Smoking exposure in patients with and without angiographically
coronary heart disease in a Pakistani population. J Am Coll Cardiol
2002; 39(9) Suppl B: 460B-461B. |
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Heartfile
demonstration projects
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Abegunde DO, Shengelia B, Luyten A,
Cameron A, Celletti F, Nishtar S, Pandurangi V, Mendis S.
Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular
risk in primary care? Bull World Health Organ 2007;85(6):432-40. |
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Nishtar S, Badar A, Umer K M,
Iqbal A, Bajwa R, Mirza Y A. The Heartfile Lodhran CVD prevention
project – end of project evaluation. Promotion and Education 2007;XIV(1):17-27. |
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Nishtar S. Heartfile’s Contribution to Health Systems Strengthening in Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean Journal 2006; 12(2)S38-S53. |
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Nishtar S, Zoka N, Nishtar S.
S, Khan Y, Jehan S, Mirza Y. A. Poster as tool for disseminating
health related information in a developing country: a pilot experience.
JPMA 2004 |
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Nishtar S
, Mirza YA, Jehan S,
Hadi Y, Badar A, Yusuf S, Shahab S. Newspaper articles as a tool
for cardiovascular prevention programs in a developing country.
J Health Commun. 2004 Jul-Aug;9(4):355-69. |
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Nishtar S. Cardiovascular disease prevention in low-resource settings: lessons from theHeartfile experience in Pakistan. Ethnicity and Disease 2003; 13(S2): S2/138-148. |
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Other
in cardiology
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Nishtar
S. Shahab S. Cost and sustainability of long terms therapy of
coronary artery disease in low-income countries. Japanese Journal
of Cardiovascular Disease prevention 2001:36 suppl 1:171 |
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Nishtar S. Customized guidelines
for cardiovascular disease prevention and management in South Asia.
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Disease prevention 2001:36 suppl
1:50. |
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Nishtar S. Shahab S, Gill JS.
Preventive cardiac care targeting women in Pakistan: an unfinished
agenda. Can Jour Cardiol 2000:16 B: 65-6. |
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Nishtar S. Peripartum cardiomyopthy:
an overview. Pakistan Heart Journal 2000; 11(1):34-8. |
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Nishtar S. Women in South Asia:
a long way from basic cardiovascular care. Indian Heart Journal
2000; 56(2):706 (Abstract). |
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Nishtar S. Echocardiographic
identification of clinically silent lesions in SLE. Indian Heart
Journal 2000; 56(2):781 (Abstract) |
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Nishtar S. Inferior wall artifacts
in Pakistanis: the central obesity effect: Supplement to the American
Journal Nuclear Cardiology, Jan-Feb 1999 Issue. |
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Nishtar S. The role of vitamins
in coronary artery disease. Pak J Cardiol 1999:10(1) 5-7. |
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Nishtar S, Khan IS, Shahab S.
Diagnostic accuracy of spect scanning in the diagnosis of ischaemic
heart disease using coronary angiography as a gold standard: A PIMS
experience. Pak J Cardiol 1998: 9(4): 83-7. |
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Nishtar S. Lipid levels in Pakistanis
overseas: lessons learnt. (Editorial). Pak J Cardiol 1998:9(4):
1. |
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Nishtar S, Zafar J. Hypothyroid
cardiomyopathy: a case report. Pak Heart Jour 1998; 31(3-4): 62-5. |
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Nishtar S, Mattu MA. Linked angina
(Editorial). Pak J Cardiol 1998; 9(1-2):1. |
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Nishtar S, Mattu MA, Khan IS. Frequency
of left anterior descending artery disease occurrence: A PIMS experience.
Pak Heart Jour 1998; 31(3-4) 40-4. |
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Nishtar S, Mattu MA. Review Article:
Cardiac valvular involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Pak
J Cardiol 1997;8(3,4): 66-8. |
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Nishtar S, Khan IS, Mattu MA,
Saleem M. Surviving ventricular rupture. PIMS Jour Surg 1997; 13:72-3. |
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Nishtar S, Thrombogenicity of
anticoagulants. Pak J Cardiol 1993:10(1): 3. |
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Books
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Nishtar S. National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable
Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Heartfile 2004. |
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Nishtar S. Coronary
Heart Disease Prevention in South Asia; SAARC Cardiac Society. ISBN:
969-8651-00-4, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2002 |
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