On Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, a distinguished member of AKU’s community was bestowed with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by President Arif Alvi. This is not the first time that Dr Bhutta is being conferred with a national award; in 2017 he was conferred with the President’s Pride of Performance award for his exceptional contributions to the country.
Earlier this year, Dr Bhutta was bestowed with the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for outstanding achievements in global health research. The Gairdner Awards are widely regarded as Canada’s most prestigious prize for medical science and the Global Health Award, one of the highest awards in this discipline worldwide. He has also been awarded the prestigious Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research for his contributions to global child health.
Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta is the founding director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health and the Institute for Global Health and Development at the Aga Khan University; and Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health and Policy, and a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences programme at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. At AKU, Dr Bhutta holds the title of Distinguished University Professor – the highest faculty rank the University can confer – as well as an Award of Distinction and Award of Excellence in Research. He has also received the Roux Prize for turning evidence into health impact in 2021.
Globally, Dr Bhutta’s work has been the foundation of multiple international guidelines, including changing World Health Organization policy on the treatment of persistent diarrhoea and malnutrition along with establishing lady health workers (LHW) as foundational members of community-based interventions in Pakistan, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
On Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, a distinguished member of AKU’s community was bestowed with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by President Arif Alvi. This is not the first time that Dr Bhutta is being conferred with a national award; in 2017 he was conferred with the President’s Pride of Performance award for his exceptional contributions to the country.
Earlier this year, Dr Bhutta was bestowed with the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for outstanding achievements in global health research. The Gairdner Awards are widely regarded as Canada’s most prestigious prize for medical science and the Global Health Award, one of the highest awards in this discipline worldwide. He has also been awarded the prestigious Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research for his contributions to global child health.
Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta is the founding director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health and the Institute for Global Health and Development at the Aga Khan University; and Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health and Policy, and a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences programme at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. At AKU, Dr Bhutta holds the title of Distinguished University Professor – the highest faculty rank the University can confer – as well as an Award of Distinction and Award of Excellence in Research. He has also received the Roux Prize for turning evidence into health impact in 2021.
Globally, Dr Bhutta’s work has been the foundation of multiple international guidelines, including changing World Health Organization policy on the treatment of persistent diarrhoea and malnutrition along with establishing lady health workers (LHW) as foundational members of community-based interventions in Pakistan, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
