Zafar Mirza | |
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Special Assistant for Nation Health Services, Regulation and Coordination | |
In office 23 April 2019 –29 July 2020 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Aamir Mehmood Kiani |
Succeeded by | Faisal Sultan (special assistant to prime minister on Health) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Awaam Pakistan (2024–present) [1] |
Dr. 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]
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]
Mirza has authored and co-authored over a hundred national and international papers and publications. Selected works include:
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