S. Jamal Raza

S. Jamal Raza

Dr. S. Jamal Raza is the director of the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi, Pakistan. He is also a professor of pediatric medicine and head of the pediatric endocrine unit at the NICH. He received his MBBS from Down Medical College. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians London and fellow of the College Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. Raza is also the founder of the Atfaal Welfare Society, which works for the betterment of children at NICH. In 2014, he joined the NCD Child Advisory Council. He is currently also the president of Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Pakistan and dean of Pediatrics at College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Envisioning a world with fewer vitamin A deficiencies

Envisioning a world with fewer vitamin A deficiencies

over 10 years ago // #FutureFortified

Although the interventions to combat poor nutrition — including vitamin A deficiency — are well-known globally, they are not often enforced. But poverty is not the barrier to their implementation, but the lack of political will, writes S. Jamal Raza, director of Pakistan’s National Institute of Child Health, in this op-ed.

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