AKU inaugurates new research building for women and children’s health
AKU’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health.
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Article Author: AKU inaugurates new research building for women and children’s health
Media Source: Medical News (Pakistan)
Date: 29 January 2019
The Aga Khan University (AKU) recently celebrated the opening of a new "Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health" (CoEWCH) building in their campus in Karachi. Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, Founding Director CoEWCH and Co-Director of SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Toronto, said that this centre is the first of its…
The Aga Khan University (AKU) recently celebrated the opening of a new "Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health" (CoEWCH) building in their campus in Karachi. Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, Founding Director CoEWCH and Co-Director of SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Toronto, said that this centre is the first of its kind in low and middle income countries and will help in enhancing AKU’s studies bases on the social determinants shaping the well-being of women and children. CoEWCH will strengthen the AKU’s research and policy advocacy efforts to generate new insights into Pakistan’s interconnected health challenges, in support of national development priorities for women and child health.