Public Health in Pakistan: challenges and ambitions
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:00 - 10:00 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±0)
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A global seminar from the Queen Mary Global Policy Institute featuring reflections on public health challenges and ambitions in Pakistan
About this event
Queen Mary University of London is actively involved in public health collaborations in Pakistan, particularly in the mental health arena.
Join us for a global seminar on public health in Pakistan where a panel of experts will offer their insights on public health challenges facing Pakistan and the wider region.
The panel will consider public health challenges and inequality in Pakistan and around Queen Mary’s campuses in East London, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on public health.
The event will also discuss Queen Mary’s work on mental health in Pakistan, how to engage with mental health challenges such as the long-term trauma caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the impact of non-communicable diseases, nutrition and cardiovascular disease on public health outcomes.
Moderated by Professor Irene Leigh, cancer researcher at Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, the panel includes:
Dr Arjanne Rietsema
Health Specialist
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia
Mr Aziz Memon
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2020-24
Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee Chairman
Chairman of the Kings Group of Companies
Professor Colin Grant
Vice Principal (International), Queen Mary University of London
Professor Dr Uzma Hassan
MBBS, MPH, MSc, MHPE
Professor & Head of Department Public Health
NUMS Institute of Advance Studies and Research (NIASR)
National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi
Professor Fiona Walter
Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research
Director of the Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
Professor Victoria Bird
Professor of Mental Health Care
Acting Head of Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
Deputy Centre Lead – Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health
Wolfson Institute for Population Health, Queen Mary University of London
