Stories from Dr Ali M Mir
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Our biggest public health challenge
On average, women in Pakistan are having more children than families in the rest of our region
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Revitalising a neglected health cadre
Pakistan is faced with a critical health worker shortage, especially mid-level providers
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and our youth
Currently, we have the second highest number of out-of-school children in the world
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Digital health: the future of healthcare in Pakistan
Our efforts to grapple with the far-reaching impact of Covid-19 has fortuitously opened up new avenues of healthcare
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Premarital counselling — a human right
Premarital counselling can play an important role in improving our appalling maternal and child health indicators
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A hard place for newborns
Maternal and child health indicators are a good measure to gauge a country’s level of development
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Pink October
Pakistan reportedly has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia
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Maternal lives matter
Thousands of women and families in Pakistan are paying the high cost of inaction
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A new ray of hope on population planning?
This year the Government of Pakistan has issued a special commemorative postage stamp on population
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Learning from the past
When epidemics spread with no end in sight it generates either panic or pessimism, leading to resigned fatalism