Saadia Farrukh
Biographic Data
| ID | 7828122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saadia Farrukh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saadia |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrukh |
| SIGNATURE | FARRUKH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Children's Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8152-0662 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Leveraging community insights and navigating logistical challenges
This case study describes how high vaccination coverage was achieved during the 2024 polio vaccination campaign in Gaza amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis marked by damaged critical infrastructure, an obstruction of the entry of health supplies, mass displacement and security concerns for health workers. Despite the immense challenges, 559 161 children were vaccinated in the first round (94% of the revised target of 591 714) and 556 774 in the s…
Innovative and sustainable solutions for reducing ‘zero-dose’ vaccination
Background: This roundtable focused on the challenge of reaching zero-dose children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) amid declining immunization rates and increasing health disparities. 'Zero-dose' children are concentrated in high-conflict or underserved areas, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Yemen, making them particularly vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. This discussion convened key stakeholders, including public …
An analysis of the gender and social determinants of health in urban poor areas of the most populated cities of Pakistan
The Urban Slum profiles and coverage studies provide an opportunity to introduce gender transformative strategies that include expansion of a female health workforce, development of costed urban health action plans, and an enabling policy environment to support community organisation and more equitable health service delivery access
An embedded implementation research initiative to tackle service delivery bottlenecks in the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Embedded implementation research (IR) can play a critical role in health systems strengthening by tackling systems and implementation bottlenecks of a program. To achieve this aim, with the financial support of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, in 2016, the Government of Pakistan, UNICEF and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) launched an Embedded IR for Immunisation Initiative (the Initiative) to explore health syst…
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An embedded implementation research initiative to tackle service delivery bottlenecks in the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Embedded implementation research (IR) can play a critical role in health systems strengthening by tackling systems and implementation bottlenecks of a program. To achieve this aim, with the financial support of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, in 2016, the Government of Pakistan, UNICEF and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) launched an Embedded IR for Immunisation Initiative (the Initiative) to explore health syst…
An analysis of the gender and social determinants of health in urban poor areas of the most populated cities of Pakistan
The Urban Slum profiles and coverage studies provide an opportunity to introduce gender transformative strategies that include expansion of a female health workforce, development of costed urban health action plans, and an enabling policy environment to support community organisation and more equitable health service delivery access
Innovative and sustainable solutions for reducing ‘zero-dose’ vaccination
Background: This roundtable focused on the challenge of reaching zero-dose children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) amid declining immunization rates and increasing health disparities. 'Zero-dose' children are concentrated in high-conflict or underserved areas, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Yemen, making them particularly vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. This discussion convened key stakeholders, including public …
Leveraging community insights and navigating logistical challenges
This case study describes how high vaccination coverage was achieved during the 2024 polio vaccination campaign in Gaza amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis marked by damaged critical infrastructure, an obstruction of the entry of health supplies, mass displacement and security concerns for health workers. Despite the immense challenges, 559 161 children were vaccinated in the first round (94% of the revised target of 591 714) and 556 774 in the s…
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 works) · Health Policy (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Outreach (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (2 works) · Alliance (1 works) · Business (1 works)