Ghulam Nabi Kazi
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Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi Urdu
:ڈاکٹر غلام نبی قاضی (b. 28 August 1956, Karachi
, Pakistan
) is a prominent public health
scientist and health economist of Pakistan, who has been working for the World Health Organization
since eleven years.
the original capital of Pakistan
on 28 August 1956, and is the youngest child of the late Mr Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
- a senior civil servant of Pakistan. He was named after his maternal grandfather Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi
MBE who was assigned to head the education sector of Sindh
, immediately after it was created a province of British India in 1936. His great-uncle Allama I. I. Kazi
was a reputed philosopher and sage of our times, while his German great-aunt Elsa Kazi
was also a renowned scholar and artist. His paternal grandfather Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi
was one of the leading health administrators and physicians of Sindh
. Dr Kazi married Dr Khowla Dar daughter of the late Sqn Ldr Muhammad Nasir Dar
in 1990 and the couple has one daughter Elsa Kazi. His father-in-law died in the line of duty on 5 December 1971 and was decorated posthumously by the Government of Pakistan
.
now the Dow University of Health Sciences
and entered the Health Service cadre after his internships in 1983. Initially on entry to service he worked as a Registrar in Dermatology for three years and was later inducted in the management of Civil Hospital
Karachi from 1986-1994. After working on several senior administrative positions in this large teaching hospital of Pakistan
, Dr Kazi was assigned to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Cell of the Health Department
of the provincial Government of Sindh
where he monitored several development schemes including those for preventive programs. In 1995 he secured a diploma in Health Economics from the Boston University
, and in May 1997 the same university awarded him a Masters in Public Health. During the course of his training at the Boston University School of Public Health
, he was fortunate to be initiated into the intricacies of public health writing by Professor Lucy Honig
, who is an acclaimed novelist and short story writer of the United States of America.
, USA. In 1998, he rejoined the Health Department
of the Government of Sindh
as Additional Director Planning and Development. He also officiated as Additional Secretary Development, of the Health Department
. During this period, he prepared several projects on primary health care including Tuberculosis Control, and negotiated a project on Women's Health with UNICEF. During mid-2000, Dr Kazi was inducted into the World Health Organization
as National Program Officer on Tuberculosis Control, and soon thereafter as Provincial Operations Officer / Head of the WHO Sindh office in Karachi, and he remained in the forefront on all public health issues. After holding this position for five years, he was appointed as National Professional Officer for Program Development in the WHO Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad in September 2005. During this period he has attended several short training courses and important international conferences abroad. Dr Kazi has comprehensive knowledge concerning the Health Sector of Southern Sudan and has undertaken several missions there for mobilization of resources for the Health Sector and other critical issues relating to building the fragile Health System there. He has also worked as the Health System Strengthening focal point in the WHO office for Southern Sudan at Juba, in addition to his substantive position in WHO Pakistan
in Islamabad
. He has also worked for WHO North Sudan
on Tuberculosis control issues. In Pakistan he is the focal point for Tuberculosis Control and community-based initiatives, and is also focusing on the issues arising from the devolution of the Health Sector from the federal to provincial level following a constitutional amendment.
, and has also written several scientific papers on diverse public health topics such as Tuberculosis control, emergency response, public health writing and micronutrient deficiency in several leading public health journals.
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
:ڈاکٹر غلام نبی قاضی (b. 28 August 1956, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
) is a prominent public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
scientist and health economist of Pakistan, who has been working for the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
since eleven years.
Early Life and Family
Dr Kazi was born in KarachiKarachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
the original capital of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
on 28 August 1956, and is the youngest child of the late Mr Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, born:August 15, 1920—7 January 2007), Tamgha-i-Pakistan, was a senior advocate and civil servant of Pakistan and a close industrial policy adviser to the Government of Pakistan on internal revenue, economic and industrialization policies during the seventies.-Family and...
- a senior civil servant of Pakistan. He was named after his maternal grandfather Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi
Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi
Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE was a veteran educationist of Sind and rose to the position of the first Director of Public Instruction Sindh after remaining Educational Inspector Sindh in the Bombay Presidency....
MBE who was assigned to head the education sector of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, immediately after it was created a province of British India in 1936. His great-uncle Allama I. I. Kazi
Allama I. I. Kazi
Allama Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi , was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founder of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many remarkable works for Sindhi Art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him...
was a reputed philosopher and sage of our times, while his German great-aunt Elsa Kazi
Elsa Kazi
Elsa Kazi , commonly known as "Mother Elsa", was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poetesses of her time. She was also a composer and a musician of considerable achievement, involved in virtually every conspicuous branch of fine arts. Her...
was also a renowned scholar and artist. His paternal grandfather Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi
Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi
Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi was one of the few physicians when Sindh was created as a province in British India in 1936.-Family:He was born in 1896 and was a nephew of the great intellectual Allama I. I. Kazi and his illustrious wife Elsa Kazi. His father, Sharafuddin Kazi died when he was still quite...
was one of the leading health administrators and physicians of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
. Dr Kazi married Dr Khowla Dar daughter of the late Sqn Ldr Muhammad Nasir Dar
Muhammad Nasir Dar
Squadron Leader Muhammad Nasir Dar - Sitara-e-Basalat - is a decorated officer of the Pakistan Air Force who died in the line of duty during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.-Career:...
in 1990 and the couple has one daughter Elsa Kazi. His father-in-law died in the line of duty on 5 December 1971 and was decorated posthumously by the Government of Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...
.
Public health training
Dr Kazi graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Dow Medical CollegeDow Medical College
Dow Medical College, is the oldest medical school in Sindh, Pakistan and is located in Karachi. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly formed Dow University of Health Sciences. Dow Medical College is the best medical college of Pakistan and one of the oldest education institutions in...
now the Dow University of Health Sciences
Dow University of Health Sciences
Dow University of Health Sciences is a coeducational medical university, owned by Mohammad Hamza Rahman and founded in 2003, in Karachi, Pakistan. It comprises two already established schools, Dow Medical College, and Sindh Medical College as well as the newly formed Dow International Medical...
and entered the Health Service cadre after his internships in 1983. Initially on entry to service he worked as a Registrar in Dermatology for three years and was later inducted in the management of Civil Hospital
Civil Hospital
Civil Hospital Karachi is a 1900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College now the Dow University of Health Sciences...
Karachi from 1986-1994. After working on several senior administrative positions in this large teaching hospital of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Dr Kazi was assigned to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Cell of the Health Department
Health department
A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their own...
of the provincial Government of Sindh
Government of Sindh
Government of Sindh is based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, Muhajirs, Pashtuns and a whole array of other ethnic and linguistic groups. Neighbouring regions are Balochistan to the west and north, Punjab in the north and...
where he monitored several development schemes including those for preventive programs. In 1995 he secured a diploma in Health Economics from the Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, and in May 1997 the same university awarded him a Masters in Public Health. During the course of his training at the Boston University School of Public Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston University School of Public Health is Boston University's graduate School of Public Health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan...
, he was fortunate to be initiated into the intricacies of public health writing by Professor Lucy Honig
Lucy Honig
-Life:She graduated from Syracuse University and from Hunter College with a master's in education. She teaches in the School of Public Health, Boston University ....
, who is an acclaimed novelist and short story writer of the United States of America.
Professional experience
Dr Kazi found the writing work so absorbing that after graduation he worked as a Health Writing Specialist with Bionutrics Inc., in Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, USA. In 1998, he rejoined the Health Department
Health department
A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their own...
of the Government of Sindh
Government of Sindh
Government of Sindh is based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, Muhajirs, Pashtuns and a whole array of other ethnic and linguistic groups. Neighbouring regions are Balochistan to the west and north, Punjab in the north and...
as Additional Director Planning and Development. He also officiated as Additional Secretary Development, of the Health Department
Health department
A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their own...
. During this period, he prepared several projects on primary health care including Tuberculosis Control, and negotiated a project on Women's Health with UNICEF. During mid-2000, Dr Kazi was inducted into the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
as National Program Officer on Tuberculosis Control, and soon thereafter as Provincial Operations Officer / Head of the WHO Sindh office in Karachi, and he remained in the forefront on all public health issues. After holding this position for five years, he was appointed as National Professional Officer for Program Development in the WHO Pakistan Country Office, Islamabad in September 2005. During this period he has attended several short training courses and important international conferences abroad. Dr Kazi has comprehensive knowledge concerning the Health Sector of Southern Sudan and has undertaken several missions there for mobilization of resources for the Health Sector and other critical issues relating to building the fragile Health System there. He has also worked as the Health System Strengthening focal point in the WHO office for Southern Sudan at Juba, in addition to his substantive position in WHO Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
. He has also worked for WHO North Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
on Tuberculosis control issues. In Pakistan he is the focal point for Tuberculosis Control and community-based initiatives, and is also focusing on the issues arising from the devolution of the Health Sector from the federal to provincial level following a constitutional amendment.
Publications
Dr Kazi is one of the key authors of the Health Policy for Pakistan's southern province of SindhSindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, and has also written several scientific papers on diverse public health topics such as Tuberculosis control, emergency response, public health writing and micronutrient deficiency in several leading public health journals.
Hobbies
Dr Kazi is interested in photography and maintains a website containing over four thousand pictures of historical interest to those living within and beyond the boundaries of Pakistan.See also
- Ahmed Hussain A. KaziAhmed Hussain A. KaziAhmed Hussain A. Kazi, born:August 15, 1920—7 January 2007), Tamgha-i-Pakistan, was a senior advocate and civil servant of Pakistan and a close industrial policy adviser to the Government of Pakistan on internal revenue, economic and industrialization policies during the seventies.-Family and...
- Dr Ali Ahmed S KaziDr Ali Ahmed S KaziDr Ali Ahmed S Kazi was one of the few physicians when Sindh was created as a province in British India in 1936.-Family:He was born in 1896 and was a nephew of the great intellectual Allama I. I. Kazi and his illustrious wife Elsa Kazi. His father, Sharafuddin Kazi died when he was still quite...
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi KaziKhan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi KaziKhan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE was a veteran educationist of Sind and rose to the position of the first Director of Public Instruction Sindh after remaining Educational Inspector Sindh in the Bombay Presidency....
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Nasir DarMuhammad Nasir DarSquadron Leader Muhammad Nasir Dar - Sitara-e-Basalat - is a decorated officer of the Pakistan Air Force who died in the line of duty during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.-Career:...
- Allama I. I. KaziAllama I. I. KaziAllama Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi , was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founder of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many remarkable works for Sindhi Art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him...
- Elsa KaziElsa KaziElsa Kazi , commonly known as "Mother Elsa", was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poetesses of her time. She was also a composer and a musician of considerable achievement, involved in virtually every conspicuous branch of fine arts. Her...
- A G N KaziA G N KaziAftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi SPk, SK, was a Pakistani statesman during the Cold war and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Sindh, Bombay Presidency in 1919 to an educationist family of academic class. Kazi started his career in Indian Civil Service in 1944 and served as the Deputy Commissioner...
- Mushtak Ali KaziMushtak Ali KaziJustice Mushtak Ali Kazi , was a renowned jurist and writer of Pakistan and Judge of High Court of Sindh .-Birth and Family:Kazi was born in Sindh then part of the Bombay Presidency of British India on 21 December 1917. He was a distinguished alumnus of the University of Bombay...
- Bashir Ghulam Nabi KaziBashir Ghulam Nabi KaziJustice Bashir Ahmed Ghulam Nabi Kazi better known as Justice B G N Kazi was the younger son of Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE a veteran educationist of British India, and a renowned jurist of Pakistan.-Family:...
- Mutawakkil KaziMutawakkil KaziDr Mutawakkil Kazi, was a noted civil servant and economist of Pakistan.-Family and Early Life:Kazi was born in Karachi, British India in 1944. His paternal grandfather Ali Mohammad Kazi was in the Indian Police and became District Superintendent, a post not normally assigned to Indians. He...
- Civil HospitalCivil HospitalCivil Hospital Karachi is a 1900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College now the Dow University of Health Sciences...
Karachi - Boston University School of Public HealthBoston University School of Public HealthBoston University School of Public Health is Boston University's graduate School of Public Health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan...
- Lucy HonigLucy Honig-Life:She graduated from Syracuse University and from Hunter College with a master's in education. She teaches in the School of Public Health, Boston University ....
- Dow Medical CollegeDow Medical CollegeDow Medical College, is the oldest medical school in Sindh, Pakistan and is located in Karachi. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly formed Dow University of Health Sciences. Dow Medical College is the best medical college of Pakistan and one of the oldest education institutions in...
- Juba, Southern Sudan