Membership of Boards

• Member World Health Organization Director General’s High level task force on Health Systems (2008 – onwards)

• Member Global Agenda Council; World Economic Forum (2008 – onwards )

• Chair, Pakistan Lancet Series on Health Reform (Expected publication 2008)

• Chair, World Heart Federation’s expert panel on Women and Heart Disease (2007 onwards)

• Chairperson, Foundations Advisory Board of the World Heart Federation, (2003-2006).

• Chair, World Heart Day Steering Committee, (2003-2006).

• Chair, International Consortium on Community Health Promotion; International Union for Health Promotion (2004-05)

• Chair of the Steering committee – International ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign

• Advisor, World Health Organization Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland. (May 2002, October 2002, December 2002, March 2003, and September 2003, October 2006, February 2007)

• Advisor, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Office. (April 2005, June 2006, April 2007, November 2007).

 International collaborations

• Member Working Group, Private Sector in Health Systems. Brookings Institute and Rockefeller Foundation (2008 onwards )

• Board Member, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (October 2008 onwards) 

• Member, Clinton Global Initiative – Global health working group (2007 onwards)

• Member Board of Trustees; International Union for Health Promotion, Paris, France (2004 to date)

• Member, Executive Board, World Heart Federation, Geneva (2003-2006).

• Member, Executive Board, International Non-Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco (INGCAT), Geneva, Switzerland, (2004-2008).

• Member, Steering Committee, Mega Country Network on Health Promotion, World Health Organization, Geneva, (2003-2004).

• Member Oxford Vision 2020. An Oxford University initiative.

• Member, World Heart Forum, World Heart Federation, Geneva, Switzerland, (2001-todate).

• Council Member, Foundations Council Initiative for Cardiovascular Research in the Developing Countries (IC Health), Geneva, Switzerland. (Year)

• Member, Programme Committee, World Health Organization’s Global Forum on Non-Communicable Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Global Forum IV (2004).

• Executive Council Member, Eastern Mediterranean Heart Health Network, (2000-todate).

• Executive Council Member, SAARC Cardiac Society, 2000-2002.

• Faculty Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology, (1999-todate).

• Founding Member, International ICT Group for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases.

• Member, Chapter – SEBoD (Social and Economic Burdens of Depression in Asia) Initiative.

 International Declarations

• Member, International Advisory Board, Milan Declaration. Information in Cardiovascular Disease. Milan, Italy; 2004.

• Member, International Advisory Board, Osaka Declaration. Health, Economics and Political Action: Stemming the Global Tide of Cardiovascular Disease. Osaka, Japan; 2001.

• Member, International Advisory Board, Victoria 2000 Declaration. Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. British Columbia, Canada; 2000.

 International Consensus Statements

• Member, Advisory Board, Guidelines on the use of HRT. Eastern Mediterranean Heart Heath Network, 2001.

• Chair, Heart Disease Prevention Guidelines for South Asia. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Official Project, 2000.

 Journals

• Member, International Advisory Board. Global Forum Health Research Updates

• Member, International Advisory Board. Chronic Disease

• Member, International Advisory Board. Nature Cardiovascular disease

• Member, International Advisory Board. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation: Official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, August 2003 onwards. 

• Joint Editor, Pakistan Heart Journal. Official journal of the Pakistan Cardiac Society.

• Member, International Editorial Board, Indian Heart Journal, 1999-2001.

• Technical Consultant, Journal of Pakistan Medical Research. Official journal of the Pakistan Medical Research Council.

 Books and Book Chapters

• Nishtar S. Health Indictors of Pakistan. Gateway Paper II. Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, Federal Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Health ; 2005.

• Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper: Reforming Health Systems in Pakistan – a Strategic View. Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum and Heartfile; 2005.

• National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Nishtar S. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia. ISBN 969-8651-00-4. Islamabad, Pakistan.

Awards and distinctions

Publications

Boards and groups - International

Boards and groups - National

Invited talks in international meetings

Key recent talks in Pakistan

Conferences organized

Research projects

Key media personal profiles