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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Short description|Pakistani public health professional}}
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| name = Dr Zafar Mirza
| name = Zafar Mirza
| image =
| image = Dr. Zafar Mirza.jpg
| caption = Zafar Mirza in 2017
| office = [[Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination|Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination]]
| office = Special Assistant for [[Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination|Nation Health Services, Regulation and Coordination]]
| president = [[Arif Alvi]]
| president = [[Arif Alvi]]
| term_start = 23 April 2019
| term_start = 23 April 2019
| term_end = 29 July 2020
| term_end = 29 July 2020
| predecessor = [[Aamir Mehmood Kiani]] (Federal Minister)
| predecessor = [[Aamir Mehmood Kiani]]
| successor = [[Faisal Sultan]]
| successor = [[Faisal Sultan]]
(Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health )
(special assistant to prime minister on Health)
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| party = [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
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'''Zafarullah Mirza''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician who served as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Health. He was appointed by Prime Minister [[Imran Khan]] on 23 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/04/23/dr-zafar-mirza-assumes-charge-as-health-minister/|title=Dr Zafar Mirza assumes charge as health minister - Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>
'''Zafar Mirza''' is a Pakistani public health professional who served as the special assistant to the prime minister [[Imran Khan]] for Health from 2019 to 2020 and [[minister of state]] in the [[Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination]].<ref name="u113">{{cite web | title=Zafar Mirza's appointment hailed | website=The News International | date=20 Apr 2019 | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/460360-zafar-mirza-s-appointment-hailed | access-date=13 Nov 2024}}</ref> He was appointed to this role by then-[[list of prime ministers of Pakistan|prime minister]] [[Imran Khan]] on 23 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zafar Mirza assumes charge as Health Minister |url=http://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/04/23/dr-zafar-mirza-assumes-charge-as-health-minister/}}</ref> He is one of the founding members of [[Awaam Pakistan]] political party.{{fv|date=November 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Web Desk |date=2024-06-21 |title=Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail launch Awam Pakistan party |url=https://pakobserver.net/shahid-khaqan-abbasi-miftah-ismail-launch-awam-pakistan-party/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Pakistan Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mirza also worked with the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), having held positions in Geneva and Cairo, including team leader for Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property, and director of Health System Development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=About |title=Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development |url=http://www.emro.who.int/about-who/regional-director/dr-zafar-mirza-director-health-system-development.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |language=en-gb}}</ref> He is currently a professor of Health System & Population Health at [[Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty – GIHD |url=https://gihd.stmu.edu.pk/faculty/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SUHC – GIHD |url=https://gihd.stmu.edu.pk/suhc/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Before this, he was leading the Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property team at WHO headquarters in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, for six years.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Zafar Mirza has served as the Director of Healthcare System Development at the [[WHO]] Regional Office for the [[Eastern Mediterranean]]. He is a medical doctor with post-graduation in Public Health in Developing Countries from [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]] and a clinical stint in mental health. He also served as a Regional Adviser for Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies in the WHO Regional Office for 7 years prior to moving to WO headquarters. For 12 years before joining WHO, he was a founder Executive Director of a civil society organization – The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan.
Zafar Mirza has served as the Director of Healthcare System Development at the [[WHO]] Regional Office for the [[Eastern Mediterranean]]. He is a medical doctor with post-graduate degree in Public Health in Developing Countries from [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]]. He also served as a regional adviser for Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies in the WHO regional office for seven years prior to moving to WHO headquarters. For 12 years before joining WHO, he was a founder executive director of The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wiesmann |first1=U. N. |last2=DiDonato |first2=S. |last3=Herschkowitz |first3=N. N. |date=1975-10-27 |title=Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1338–1343 |doi=10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9 |issn=1090-2104 |pmid=4}}</ref>


He has a long standing experience of working at national, regional and global levels in public and private health sectors. He has extensively travelled, published and contributed to improving public health in many countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emro.who.int/about-who/regional-director/dr-zafar-mirza-director-health-system-development.html|title=WHO EMRO &#124; Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development &#124; Regional director &#124; About WHO|website=www.emro.who.int}}</ref><ref>http://www.nhsrc.gov.pk/index.php?page=misterprofile</ref>
Mizra has experience working at national, regional and global levels in public and private health sectors. He has extensively travelled, published and contributed to improving public health in many countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emro.who.int/about-who/regional-director/dr-zafar-mirza-director-health-system-development.html|title=WHO EMRO &#124; Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development &#124; Regional director &#124; About WHO|website=www.emro.who.int}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=National Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Network (NHEPRN)|url=http://www.nheprn.gov.pk/Detail/ZTU2NjgxYzMtZDZjYS00OGIxLWE5MDYtNTJkODFjODg4MGE4|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.nheprn.gov.pk}}</ref>


On 6 July 2020, Mirza tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-idUSKBN2471T2|title=Pakistan's health minister tests positive for COVID-19|date=July 6, 2020|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
On 6 July 2020, Mirza tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-idUSKBN2471T2|title=Pakistan's health minister tests positive for COVID-19|newspaper=Reuters|date=July 6, 2020|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>


On 29 July 2020, Mirza announced that he was resigning from his post as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health. The resignation was subsequently accepted by the prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tania Aidrus, Dr Zafar Mirza resign as special assistants to PM over 'criticism' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1571794/tania-aidrus-dr-zafar-mirza-resign-as-special-assistants-to-pm-over-criticism |work=Dawn |date=29 July 2020}}</ref>
On 29 July 2020, Mirza announced that he was resigning from his post as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health. The resignation was accepted by the prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tania Aidrus, Dr Zafar Mirza resign as special assistants to PM over 'criticism' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1571794/tania-aidrus-dr-zafar-mirza-resign-as-special-assistants-to-pm-over-criticism |work=Dawn |date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

== Education & Teaching ==

* Graduated from [[Rawalpindi Medical University]] in 1988.

* Master's in Public Health in Developing Countries from the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] in 1995.
* Taught at the Boston School of Public Health.
* Co-created and delivered courses on UHC and Health Systems Strengthening with WHO at [[Harvard School of Medicine]].
* Brittania Scholar (1995-96)
* [[Eisenhower Fellowships|Eisenhower Fellow]] (2004)

== Publications ==

Mirza has authored and co-authored over a hundred national and international papers and publications. Selected works include:

* Mirza, Zafar. "COVID-19 response: a perspective from Pakistan." ''International Journal for Quality in Health Care'', Volume 35, Issue 2, 2023.
* Mirza, Zafar, and Munir, D. "Conflicting interests, institutional fragmentation and opportunity structures: an analysis of political institutions and the health taxes regime in Pakistan." ''BMJ Global Health'', 2023.
* Mirza, Zafar, et al. "Promote Health, Keep the World Safe, Serve the Vulnerable." East Mediterranean Region, 2018.
* Mirza, Zafar. "Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 thrives on health." 2016.
* Mirza, Zafar, and Rahman, A. "Mental health care in Pakistan boosted by the highest office." ''The Lancet'', 2019.
* WHO, WTO. "WTO agreements and public health." 2002.
* WHO, WIPO, WTO. "Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – Intersections between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade." 2012.
* Siddiqi, S., Mataria, A., Rouleau, K., Iqbal, M. "Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries." Cambridge University Press, 2022.
* Ranson, M. Kent, Beaglehole, R., Correa, C. M., Mirza, Zafar, Buse, K., Drager, N. "Health Policy in a Globalizing World." Cambridge University Press, 2002.
* Covey, Stephen R. "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," translated by Zafar Mirza. 2002.
* Mirza, Zafar. Regular op-ed articles in ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''


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Latest revision as of 12:47, 26 December 2024

Zafar Mirza
Zafar Mirza in 2017
Special Assistant for Nation Health Services, Regulation and Coordination
In office
23 April 2019 – 29 July 2020
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byAamir Mehmood Kiani
Succeeded byFaisal Sultan (special assistant to prime minister on Health)
Personal details
Political partyAP (2024–present)[1]

Zafar Mirza is a Pakistani public health professional who served as the special assistant to the prime minister Imran Khan for Health from 2019 to 2020 and minister of state in the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination.[2] He was appointed to this role by then-prime minister Imran Khan on 23 April 2019.[3] He is one of the founding members of Awaam Pakistan political party.[failed verification][4]

Mirza also worked with the World Health Organization (WHO), having held positions in Geneva and Cairo, including team leader for Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property, and director of Health System Development.[5] He is currently a professor of Health System & Population Health at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University.[6][7]

Career

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Zafar Mirza has served as the Director of Healthcare System Development at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. He is a medical doctor with post-graduate degree in Public Health in Developing Countries from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He also served as a regional adviser for Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies in the WHO regional office for seven years prior to moving to WHO headquarters. For 12 years before joining WHO, he was a founder executive director of The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan.[8]

Mizra has experience working at national, regional and global levels in public and private health sectors. He has extensively travelled, published and contributed to improving public health in many countries.[9][10]

On 6 July 2020, Mirza tested positive for COVID-19.[11]

On 29 July 2020, Mirza announced that he was resigning from his post as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health. The resignation was accepted by the prime minister.[12]

Education & Teaching

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Publications

[edit]

Mirza has authored and co-authored over a hundred national and international papers and publications. Selected works include:

  • Mirza, Zafar. "COVID-19 response: a perspective from Pakistan." International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 35, Issue 2, 2023.
  • Mirza, Zafar, and Munir, D. "Conflicting interests, institutional fragmentation and opportunity structures: an analysis of political institutions and the health taxes regime in Pakistan." BMJ Global Health, 2023.
  • Mirza, Zafar, et al. "Promote Health, Keep the World Safe, Serve the Vulnerable." East Mediterranean Region, 2018.
  • Mirza, Zafar. "Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 thrives on health." 2016.
  • Mirza, Zafar, and Rahman, A. "Mental health care in Pakistan boosted by the highest office." The Lancet, 2019.
  • WHO, WTO. "WTO agreements and public health." 2002.
  • WHO, WIPO, WTO. "Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – Intersections between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade." 2012.
  • Siddiqi, S., Mataria, A., Rouleau, K., Iqbal, M. "Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries." Cambridge University Press, 2022.
  • Ranson, M. Kent, Beaglehole, R., Correa, C. M., Mirza, Zafar, Buse, K., Drager, N. "Health Policy in a Globalizing World." Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  • Covey, Stephen R. "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," translated by Zafar Mirza. 2002.
  • Mirza, Zafar. Regular op-ed articles in Dawn

References

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  1. ^ Ayub, Imran; Rehman, Atika (2024-06-21). "Miftah Ismail, Khaqan Abbasi launch 'Awaam Pakistan' party". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ "Zafar Mirza's appointment hailed". The News International. 20 Apr 2019. Retrieved 13 Nov 2024.
  3. ^ "Zafar Mirza assumes charge as Health Minister".
  4. ^ Staff, Web Desk (2024-06-21). "Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail launch Awam Pakistan party". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  5. ^ About. "Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  6. ^ "Faculty – GIHD". Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  7. ^ "SUHC – GIHD". Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  8. ^ Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (1975-10-27). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.
  9. ^ "WHO EMRO | Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development | Regional director | About WHO". www.emro.who.int.
  10. ^ "National Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Network (NHEPRN)". www.nheprn.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  11. ^ "Pakistan's health minister tests positive for COVID-19". Reuters. July 6, 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
  12. ^ "Tania Aidrus, Dr Zafar Mirza resign as special assistants to PM over 'criticism'". Dawn. 29 July 2020.


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