COVID-19 and the pursuit of financial inclusion in Pakistan
An emergency cash programme has put in place critical building blocks for a stronger and more inclusive financial sector in Pakistan.
Graduate, medical school; Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians; PhD, Kings College. Physician, health and civil society leader. Minister for Poverty Alleviation & Social Security, Former Federal Minister of Education, Health and Science, Pakistan. Founder and President, Heartfile, Co-chair WHO High Level Commission on NCDs; Co-chair NASEM Study on the Quality of Healthcare, Globally; Chair, Advisory Board, UN Institute of Global Health. Formerly: founding Chair, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel, Global Strategy on Women's and Children's Health; Chair, WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity; Chair, Pakistan Lancet Series on Health Reform; Member of the Board, World Heart Federation and WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research; Member, Global Agenda Council on Well-Being and Mental Health, World Economic Forum. Co-Chair: WHO High-level Commission on NCDs; World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare; US National Academy of Sciences Global Study on the Quality of Healthcare. Member: Clinton Global Initiative; Oxford Vision 2020 initiative; Working Group on Private Sector in Health Systems, Rockefeller Foundation. Trustee, International Union for Health Promotion. Published author. Recipient of awards: Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan (2007), Global Innovation Award, Rockefeller Foundation (2011), Population Science Award, European Societies (2005); International Health Professional of the Year, Cambridge Biographical Centre (2007). Interests: global health, Non-communicable diseases, governance, corruption, public-private relationships.
An emergency cash programme has put in place critical building blocks for a stronger and more inclusive financial sector in Pakistan.
Initial reports suggest this approach has provided some stability and may help alleviate some of the expected economic damage from coronavirus.
La moitié de la planète est privée d’accès aux services de santé essentiels.
When the world committed to ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all with the 17 Sustainable Development goals, we knew no single entity would be able to achi...