An interview with Tabish Hazir: Pneumonia: No. 1 killer of Pakistan's children.

نویسنده

  • Tabish Hazir
چکیده

Tabish Hazir is an associate professor of paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad. He earned his medical degree at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore in 1983, and then acquired his membership and fellowship in paediatrics from Pakistan’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is currently head of the department of paediatric infectious diseases and he is the principal investigator of the ARI [acute respiratory infection] Research Cell, Children’s Hospital, PIMS, Islamabad.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

دوره 86 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008