Sania Nishtar

healthcare executive

Sania Nishtar, healthcare executive. Recipient Sitara-i-Imtiaz civil award, Government of Pakistan, 2005, Population Science award and Silver medal, European Society of Cardiology, 2005; scholar All Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Merit scholarship, 1989. Temporary advisor World Health Organization, 2005; Member of International Heart Health Declarations (associate).

Background

Daughter of Syed and Tahira Hamid.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Khyber Medical College, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy, Kings College, 2002.

Career

President & executive director Heartfile, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1998. Member, executive board World Heart Federation, Geneva, since 2003, chairperson, foundations advisory board, since 2003. Member, executive board International Non-Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco, Geneva, since 2004.

Chair, world heart day steering committee World Heart Federation, Geneva, since 2003. Member, steering committee, mega country network on health promotion. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003—2004.

Works

Author: (book) National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan, Nishtar S. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia.