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PROF. ZULFIQAR A. BHUTTA

Inaugural Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health

Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta is the Founding Director of both the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, and the Institute of Global Health & Development at the Aga Khan University; the Inaugural Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health & Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health; and Chairman of The Coalition of Centres in Global Child Health with adjunct professorships at several Schools of Public Health including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Tufts University, the University of Alberta and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Bhutta leads large research groups in Toronto, Karachi and Nairobi with special interests in scaling up evidence-based, community setting interventions and implementation of RMNCAH&N interventions in humanitarian contexts. In 2020 Dr. Bhutta was awarded the honour of Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a leader for health professionals supporting integrated maternal, newborn and child health globally.