Overview
Sania Nishtar is a public health specialist with an H-index of 36 at Government of Pakistan (Member). Has been published in The Lancet, BMJ, JAMA. Based in Unknown, Unknown, Global.
Biography
Sania Nishtar SI FRCP, is a Pakistani physician, cardiologist, senator, author and activist who was appointed CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in 2024. Nishtar previously served as Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, with the status of Federal Minister, and chairperson Ehsaas Programme. She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in the 2021 Senate election from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Previously she served in the interim federal cabinet in 2013 overseeing public health, education and science.
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5 Publications
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LancetLancet Glob Health
Key Publications
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems.
Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health.
The mpox emergency and the role of Gavi.
Open letter to WHO DG candidates: reply from Sania Nishtar.
Will you support a patient-centred R&D agreement?-Response from Sania Nishtar.
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