We don't need more universities. We need more primary and secondary schools with well-trained teachers & proper facilities. We need more than big hospitals with imported machines. We need a network of primary healthcare clinics to attend to the needs of women & children.

Wishing peace and happiness to everyone on this #عيد_الفطر Eid day.

The heroic delivery of COVID-19 vaccine in Pak (2021-2022) offers some strategic tools to address #vaccine hesitancy globally. Our latest article gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0… for your attn. Dr Sania Nishtar Atul Gawande John-Arne Røttingen Faisal Sultan Zafar Mirza Dr. Naveed 🇵🇰 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Thanks for reposting Yasir Essar

Fighting fake news thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/118… Fake news grows when info is withheld. Factual info curbs it but authorities are often late in its timely release, indirectly offering fuel & fire to "fakaphony." My piece in TNS today Zaigham Khan Raza Ahmad Rumi Claire Wardle asad beyg

Exciting news from the United States! The House has introduced a companion resolution to protect the health of people in low-income countries with immunisation through Gavi. Thank you Congressman Tom Kean, Congressman Gabe Amo, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs and Rep. María Elvira Salazar for introducing H.Res. 1286

The WHO said that four industries—tobacco, ultra-processed foods, fossil fuels, and alcohol—were wholly or partly to blame for 2.7 million deaths a year from non-communicable diseases and for 19 million deaths (34% of all deaths) a year worldwide bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The most frequent questions I get are about writing, how to write, how to keep writing, how to get better...so I wrote this little piece about writing and struggle it is for all writers. dawn.com/news/1846329/o…

Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Check out our latest article in JMIRx_Med if you are looking for #apps that CHWs can use to promote #maternalhealth, #childhealth and #development to boost #primarycare in underserved areas. WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Linda Richter Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale John-Arne Røttingen xmed.jmir.org/2024/1/e48213

Listen to this humanitarian call by RD EMRO HananBalkhyحنان بلخي

It was not only you who sniffled Sabahat Zakariya many other Pakistanis were doing the same. If we see collective happiness very rarely, we cannot handle it when it comes. Let’s pray and strive for more.

Couldn't resist sharing the parallels bw what Max Roser showed with graphs and Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre painted thru words in their book “Freedom at Midnight.” Brutal human suffering, now preventable with vaccines. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Our World in Data World Health Organization South-East Asia

Publichealth pros have to #communicate with several #audiences. Each audience requires specific tools, but few academic programs provide the much-needed #toolbox. Drop a line if you agree, share a tool if you have one. Journal of Health Communication @daniela_beth Tim Nguyen

COSW professor Shaun Owens is attending the Dubai Future Forum this week in Dubai, UAE. This invite-only event is the world's largest gathering of futurists and global thought leaders focused on designing strategies to optimize health, transform humanity and preserve nature.🌎

Many in these 3 countries (total population >1.7 billion) blindly consume turmeric believing it to be a magic healer. Gives goosebumps if you think about the enormity of the problem a benign looking natural product might be causing. Dr. Tom Frieden

The problem with managing #infodemics is that it first allows #Misinformation to sprout and then reacts to ‘manage’ it. #GlobalHealth needs proactive strategies, esp for #vaccines. Awa Marie Coll Seck Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance UNICEF Tim Nguyen

A friend just shared this with me, writing: "London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ran out of Black people?" You'd think this lineup was from the past. If misinformation is about trustworthiness, then how an institution signals who gets to make sense of it says a lot about the institution's trustworthiness.

We call on the Israeli Authorities to ensure the immediate release of our WHO in occupied Palestinian territory colleague detained in Gaza

#FollowtheScience faltered in #COVID19 as people struggled with hedged info on an evolving virus. For posterity, journal editors must go beyond IMRaD—demanding plain summaries so authors also write for the public, the most vital audience for their work.