Ghulam Nabi Kazi

Dr Kazi (second from left) with his wife and public health colleagues in Boston University, 1995

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.

Early Life and Family

Dr Kazi was born in Karachi 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.^[1] 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 ^[2] and the couple has one daughter Elsa Kazi.^[3] His father-in-law died in the line of duty on 5 December 1971^[4] and was decorated posthumously by the Government of Pakistan.^[5]

Public health training

Dr Kazi graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Dow Medical College 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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

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, Arizona, 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.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} 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.

Publications

Dr Kazi is one of the key authors of the Health Policy for Pakistan's southern province of Sindh,^[13] and has also written several scientific papers on diverse public health topics such as Tuberculosis control,^{[14][15][16][17][18]} emergency response,^[19] public health writing ^[20] and micronutrient deficiency ^[21] 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.^[22]

See also

• Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
• Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi
• Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi
• Squadron Leader Muhammad Nasir Dar
• Allama I. I. Kazi
• Elsa Kazi
• A G N Kazi
• Mushtak Ali Kazi
• Bashir Ghulam Nabi Kazi
• Mutawakkil Kazi
• Civil Hospital Karachi
• Boston University School of Public Health
• Lucy Honig
• Dow Medical College
• Juba, Southern Sudan

References

1. ^ Meetings of the Education Advisory Board, Government of India held during 1935-1938 [1]
2. ^ Wedding of Khowla Dar and Ghulam Nabi Kazi in 1990, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK [2]
3. ^ Dr Kazi with his daughter Elsa
4. ^ Circumstances leading to the death of Sqn Leader Dar
5. ^ Citation of Sqn Leader Muhammad Nasir Dar [3], [4]
6. ^ An article based on Dr Kazi's experiences in Civil Hospital Karachi
7. ^ Class Notes of the Boston University School of Public Health
8. ^ Epidemic of water borne diseases in Sindh
9. ^ Suspected CCHF or Dengue epidemic
10. ^ Seminar on Women and Children's Health
11. ^ Gender issues in Tuberculosis Control
12. ^ Monitoring of legislation on Tobacco Control
13. ^ Health Policy for the province of Sindh 2005, Paving the way for Health Sector Reform, Health Department, Government of Sindh, Karachi [5]
14. ^ P. Metzger, N.A. Baloch, G. N. Kazi and K.M. Bile, Review: Tuberculosis control in Pakistan: reviewing a decade of success and challenges, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 16 Supplement, 2010, pp 33–39 [6]
15. ^ M. Agboatwalla, G. N. Kazi, S.K. Shah and M. Tariq, Gender perspectives on knowledge and practices regarding tuberculosis in urban and rural areas in Pakistan, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2003, pp. 32–40 [7]
16. ^ J. Khan, A. Malik, H. Hussain, N.K. Ali, F. Akbani, S.J. Hussain, G. N. Kazi and S.F. Hussain, Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment practices of private physicians in Karachi, Pakistan, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol 9, No 4,2003 pp 769–775 [8]
17. ^ Khan JA, Akbani F, Malik A, Kazi G. N., Aslam F, Hussain SF., Effect of providing free sputum microscopy service to private practitioners on case notification to National Tuberculosis Control Program. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2005 Oct-Dec; 17(4):31-5. [9]
18. ^ Ghulam Nabi Kazi. DOTS Programme for TB Control in Sindh, Infect Dis J Mar 2001; 10(1):20-3.[10]
19. ^ S.K.S. Bukhari, J.A.R.H. Qureshi, R. Jooma, K.M. Bile, G. N. Kazi, W.A. Zaibi and A. Zafar, Review: Essential medicines management during emergencies in Pakistan, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 16 Supplement 2010, pp S-92-99 [11]
20. ^ Ghulam Nabi Kazi; The discreet and elusive art of writing in public health, The Medical Spectrum, Karachi, Vol. 22 No. 11, November 2001, pp. 16–19
21. ^ Ghulam Nabi Kazi, Countering Hidden Hunger in Pakistan, The Medical Spectrum, Karachi, Vol. 21, No. 12, December 2000, pp. 2–4
22. ^ Flickr website of Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi [12]

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