Mariam Parwaiz

Articles by Mariam Parwaiz

Mariam Parwaiz is a Public Health Medicine Trainee from New Zealand, currently studying towards her MPH. She recently joined the Trainee Advisory Committee of the CUGH, and is also the social media coordinator for Women in Global Health, a global movement that calls for gender equality in global health leadership.

Healthy ecosystems as a building block of resilient health systems: Challenging health systems researchers to take action

Posted in articles by Erlyn Macarayan, Nel Jason Haw, Mariam Parwaiz and Latha Swamy on May 5, 2017

Reflections on the 2017 Consortium of Universities in Global Health held in Washington DC, USA (April 6-9) Health systems are getting more complex than ever, encompassing no longer just the typical building blocks of health systems and their interactions, but also venturing … Read more »

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Empowering journalists as HPSR knowledge brokers

By Adie Vanessa Offiong on July 28, 2017

Besides journalists being participants of the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) can they also be empowered to report Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR)? They usually begin with “Dear Colleagues,” “Dear Worthy Friends,” “Top of the day to you, I trust you are doing well,” … Read more »

Gearing up for disease outbreak: the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

By Judd-Leonard Okafor on July 21, 2017

Another year, another epidemic. Now, don’t panic. There isn’t an outbreak—not at the moment, at least. But one could be lurking around the corner. They come in seasons, so much so the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) speaks of preparing for the “next epidemic season.” And they can be … Read more »

Reflecting on Reproductive Rights and Wrongs in the FP2020 era *

By Sana Contractor on July 14, 2017

Every year, World Population Day (11 July) serves as a rallying point for strengthening the demand for access to contraceptives for women and girls, worldwide. Being able to control one’s fertility, is undoubtedly one of the most significant aspects of women’s control over their own destinies. Family planning and gender … Read more »

Now that Dr. Tedros is in charge, what could be in store for Africa?

By Adie Vanessa Offiong on July 7, 2017

Since the 1st of July, Dr. Tedros has been the new ‘captain’ of WHO and he’s certainly off to a flying start. Earlier this week, he set out his priorities at a ‘townhall meeting’ with WHO staff, and today and tomorrow he’ll be heading the WHO delegation at the G20 … Read more »

Leaving No One Behind: Solutions to Vulnerability, Inaccessibility & Condom Usage

By Shakira Choonara on July 5, 2017

The Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme, more commonly referred to as HEAIDS has made significant strides in reaching young people at tertiary institutions (universities and colleges) in South Africa. I would describe a recent gathering as a historic moment in South African (SA) history. Over 2000 young people gathered … Read more »

Tedros’ new Arsenal side in Geneva

By Kristof Decoster on July 5, 2017

Earlier this week Mark Dybul likened Tedros’ team in Ethiopia, while he was Minister of Health, to Arsenal (the football powerhouse), “because they were young, dynamic – and incredibly effective.” You can’t do much wrong with that – Arsenal were indeed a stunning team back then. Since the mid-2000s, though, … Read more »

IHP | Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

switching the poles in international health policies

Articles by Mariam Parwaiz

Healthy ecosystems as a building block of resilient health systems: Challenging health systems researchers to take action