Researchers from the Aga Khan University won two awards, including Research Paper of the Year, at the British Medical Journal Awards South Asia 2017.
Conducted in partnership with faculty from the Peshawar Medical College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the study’s findings were published in The Lancet Global Health in June 2017.
Dr Bhutta also received an individual award on the night as he was named joint winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Health in South Asia award. Described as one of the “icons of South Asian healthcare”, Dr Bhutta, founding director of the COE-WCH, won the award alongside Samiran Nundy from the Ganga Ram Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research.
In his video message, Dr Bhutta described the award as a “great honour”, adding: “Any of the laurels that come my way really are to go to the larger team that I’ve had the good fortune of heading for the last 30 years.
"These young people do the work on the ground that generates knowledge that helps global policy and by doing the requisite implementation research in some of the most deprived populations. They are the real heroes of efforts to try and improve maternal, newborn and child health in South Asia.”
Researchers from the Aga Khan University won two awards, including Research Paper of the Year, at the British Medical Journal Awards South Asia 2017.
Conducted in partnership with faculty from the Peshawar Medical College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the study’s findings were published in The Lancet Global Health in June 2017.
Dr Bhutta also received an individual award on the night as he was named joint winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Health in South Asia award. Described as one of the “icons of South Asian healthcare”, Dr Bhutta, founding director of the COE-WCH, won the award alongside Samiran Nundy from the Ganga Ram Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research.
In his video message, Dr Bhutta described the award as a “great honour”, adding: “Any of the laurels that come my way really are to go to the larger team that I’ve had the good fortune of heading for the last 30 years.
"These young people do the work on the ground that generates knowledge that helps global policy and by doing the requisite implementation research in some of the most deprived populations. They are the real heroes of efforts to try and improve maternal, newborn and child health in South Asia.”