
Dr. Zafar Mirza
Accumulated experience of 35 years
16 years in international service (WHO)
– 13 years in not-for-profit sector
– 4 years in the public sector
– 2 years in the private sector
▪ Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health (State Minister, 2019-2020)
▪ Set-up and led internationally appreciated national response to global pandemic of Covid-19
▪ Led development of National Package of Essential Health Services for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) ▪ Extended health insurance to transgender and disable people of Pakistan ▪ Currently, Professor of Health System & Population Health, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad
▪ Setting-up a first of its kind School of Universal Health Coverage with a mission to align public health education with national needs and UHC
▪ Director Health System Development at WHO EMRO based in Cairo, Egypt (2016-2019)
▪ Responsible for 22 countries in Middle East, North Africa and Western Asia
▪ WHO Representative in Islamic Republic of Iran (acting)