Sania Nishtar

Writing for PS since 2013
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Sania Nishtar is a co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Independent High-level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases, a former federal minister of Pakistan, and the founder and president of Heartfile.

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Bringing Gender Equality to Global Public Health
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Bringing Gender Equality to Global Public Health

May 8, 2018 Helen Clark & Sania Nishtar share the findings of a new report that documents how major health organizations leave women behind.

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How Corruption Impedes Universal Health Coverage
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How Corruption Impedes Universal Health Coverage

Apr 6, 2018 Sania Nishtar calls for a global strategy to end the fraudulent practices that claim millions of victims worldwide.

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The Maternal Thread of Life
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The Maternal Thread of Life

Mar 11, 2014 Sania Nishtar highlights the impact of women's nutrition on future generations' health.

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Pakistan’s Polio Tipping Point
Chris Van Es

Pakistan’s Polio Tipping Point

Feb 14, 2013 Sania Nishtar on the need for Pakistan to boost its polio-eradication efforts.

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Whither Central Banking?

Lawrence H. Summers & Anna Stansbury

In an environment of secular stagnation in the developed economies, central bankers’ ingenuity in loosening monetary policy is exactly what is not needed. What is needed are admissions of impotence, in order to spur efforts by governments to promote demand through fiscal policies and other means.

The Unsustainability of Inequality

James K. Galbraith

By treating inequality exclusively as a microeconomic issue, economists have been missing the point for decades. There is ample evidence to show that income disparities within countries have more to do with global financial forces than with local labor-market conditions.