Can AI cure our health system?
Healthcare is one of the most essential sectors for every country and its citizens. Globally, it has been transforming through innovative technology and evolving medical practices to improve living standards,…
Youth mental health
IT was a couple of years before Covid-19 that I started realising that something was changing quite fundamentally on the mental health front for students who were coming to my…
OOP health expenditures
IF health is a human right, then the inability to pay for essential healthcare should not be a barrier. This is why financial protection for healthcare is an integral component…
Right to reproductive health
AS women, many of us have traversed through the uncomfortable changes brought on by puberty with an incomplete understanding of their meaning and consequences; we often braved, sometimes challenging, pregnancies…
Whither health & environment?
THE fact that the health and climate ministries were not included in the first round of cabinet oath-taking, is a sad reflection on the priority given to the well-being of…
Mental health and justice
FORENSIC psychiatry, the nexus between psychology and law, has undergone a transformation within Pakistan’s judicial system. Arising from the foundations set by the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, and the Criminal…
Floods and mental health
THE theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day, which falls on Monday (Oct 10), is ‘Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority’. For Pakistan, the theme…
Healthy opportunity
NEXT week, the UN is convening three high-level meetings on universal health coverage (UHC), tuberculosis (TB) and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) at its 78th General Assembly session. These…
Mental health issues
CHILD labour and the mental health issues associated with it are amongst our most pressing challenges. The psychological effects of child labour can be more intense than its physical ramifications.…
Champion of people’s health
DR Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka on April 11, 2023, after an inspiring life. He dedicated himself to the healthcare and development of the poor and voiceless, becoming their…
