Past Projects​

Project Title: ​​Comprehensive Profiling of Social Mixing Patterns in Pakistan​

Principal Investigator: Dr. Abdul Momin Kazi

Co-PI: Dr. Saad B. Omer, Dr. Benjamin Lopman

Funded by: National Institute of Health (NIH)

Project duration: Approximately 20 months

View More​


Project Title: ​Moringa Tree Plantation Project in Rural Sindh

Principal Investigator: Dr. Asad Ali

Co-PI: Dr. Junaid Iqbal

Funded by: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment

P​roject Duration: 2020 - 2022

View More 


Project Title: Hala Perinatal and Newborn care project

Sponsor: Save The Children, US and WHO 

PI: Dr.Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Study Conducted: 2001-2008


Project Title: Severe pneumonia and pneumonia management at community level through LHWs

Sponsor: Boston University and WHO

PI: Dr. Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Study Conducted: 2008-2010


Project Title: Role of zinc towards prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia 

Sponsor: BMGF 

PI: Dr. Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Study Conducted: 2008-2010​


Project Title: Effect of zinc supplementation on response to oral polio vaccine in infants 

Sponsor: WHO​

PI: Dr .Zulfiqar A Bhutta 

Study Conducted: 2010-2011


Project Title: Aetiology of newborn sepsis in South Asia (ANISA)

Sponsor: BMGF

PI: Dr. Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Study Conducted: ​2010-2013


Project Title: Respiratory Pathogens in Pakistan (RESPAK)-(2010-2013)

Sponsor: University of Virginia

PI: University of Virginia

Study Conducted: 2010-2013​


Project Title: Environmental Enteropathy (2013-2015)

Sponsor: BMGF

PI: Dr. Asad Ali

Study Conducted: 2013-2015


Project Title: Effect of booster doses of poliovirus vaccine in previously vaccinated children, Clinical Trial Results (2013-2014)

Sponsor: WHO

PI: Dr. Zulfiqar A Bhutta

StudyConducted: 2013-2014


Project Title: Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (2014-2017)

Sponsor: University of British Columbia 

PI: Dr. Rahat Qureshi

Study Conducted: 2014-2017


Project Title: Indirect effect of PCV10 on nasopharyngeal carriage in children under 2 years of age in a rural community in Pakistan (2014-2018)

Sponsor: BMGF

PI: Dr. Imran Nisar 

Study Conducted: 2014-2018


Project Title: Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition in Pakistan (SEEM Pakistan)-2016-2019

Sponsor: BMGF

PI: Dr. Asad Ali

Study Conducted: 2016-2019​