Nutrition Policy to Practice in Pakistan: Exploring the challenges and research opportunities

by Professor Nicola Lowe Day One:The long journey finally came to an end, and we all arrived in Islamabad! After months of planning by the co-ordination team, which I affectionately referred to as the “dream team”, the big launch day arrived. It had been quite a journey to get to that point. Not just the travelling, but all the manic last minute activity; applying for visas which needed flight reservations, making flight reservations that required a visa, not to mention the letter of invitation from the British Council. I never did figure out which bit of this eternal circle depended on what. But we were there. The inaugural ceremony was hosted by the Vice Chancellor of Khyber Medical University (KMU), Professor Muhammed Hafizullah. The Provincial Health Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Director of the Higher Education Committee (HEC) were the guests of honour. Thirty-five workshop delegates representing the UK and Pakistan all attended the ceremony. As the lead applicants for the British Council workshop grant, Professor Mukhtiar Zaman (KMU) and I kicked off the presentations with an overview of our collaborative research. We told the audience of our ambition to bring scientists together to focus on the complex problem of malnutrition in Pakistan. Helen Bingley, CEO of the Abaseen Foundation followed with a passionate, moving presentation on the plight of children working in the brick kilns in northwest Pakistan. The Abaseen Foundation works to improve educat...
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