Campbell board member Zulfi Bhutta has been awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) in recognition of his lifetime of exceptional contributions to Pakistan. Dr Bhutta is co-director of the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada, and founding director of the Institute for Global Health and Development and the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Sitara-e-Imtiaz is a prestigious civil award conferred by the President of Pakistan on Independence Day. Read more here.
Earlier this year, Dr Bhutta was awarded the Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, an award established by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR). Read the announcement here.
“These are wonderful recognitions of Zulfi’s many global contributions,” said Jeremy Grimshaw, President of the Campbell board.
Last year, the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2022 recognised Dr Bhutta’s outstanding work in global health research and interventions in the “first 1,000 days” (pregnancy, childbirth and the first two years) of life. The Gairdner awards are Canada’s most prestigious health research awards.
Dr Bhutta will deliver the Sick Kids Friesen lecture on “The future of maternal and child health globally: challenges and opportunities” on 8 November 2023 in Toronto. For more information, and to register, visit the FCIHR website.
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