WHAT IS GWHI ?
Girls and Women Health Initiative (GWHI), a non- governmental and non-profit organization, is a health & well being initiative for girls and women of all ages.
Our programs encompass all areas related to general health and gynaecological ailments. At GWHI , we believe that a healthy and prosperous nation respects all privileges of women including their rights to life, liberty, security, equality, free from all forms of discrimination, freedom of thought, information and education and their right to be free from torture and ill treatment of all kinds.
At GWHI , we believe in
WOMEN'S DAY , EVERY DAY !!!
Girls and Women's Health Initiative is proud to launch a brand new campaign titled
THE PNK ZONE
Join us in our efforts to empower girls and women with correct knowledge re their and their family's health and well being
Please come forward and do your share !
JOIN US TO HELP THE FLOOD VICTIMS
Heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding in 16 districts of Sindh province Approximately 5.3 million people and 1,524,773 homes have been affected. At least 1.7 million acres of land have been inundated as a result of the flooding .Now stagnant water remains a major environmental and health hazard, and water-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue and outbreak of diarrhoeal illness are rampant. Although receding water levels have allowed some displaced populations to return to their villages, intense relief efforts need to continue because of poor sanitation in areas where homes, crops and livestock were lost to the floods
Access to clean drinking water remains critical and the onset of winter in mid-November in most parts of flood-affected areas means that people will require more winterized shelter.
Pakistan army and navy along with national and international NGOs are doing all they can to help .We at GWHI are arranging blankets to send ,blankets are the only piece of furniture and flooring those families have during the day and use them as shelter against the cold at night.
Please donate generously , a little act of kindness would mean a lot to the babies , children , women and men lying under the sky with nothing except high rise stagnant water all around them .It only costs approx PKR 500 or 5 GBP or 9 USD for a mother and a child to have a blanket of their own…………..
The trucks are scheduled to leave Lahore every weekend. The Pakistan army will escort these trucks right into the heart of the flood ridden areas and the blankets will be handed over to the deserving families.
Please help us to help who really need us!
Thank you
Dr Noreen Zafar
INTRODUCTION OF DR. NOREEN ZAFAR
A graduate of King Edward Medical College, Dr Noreen Zafar obtained the membership of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , London in 1995.She is the first Pakistani to be granted The Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training by the Joint Committee of Medical Royal College, UK, in 1999. In 2007 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College, London.
She has been recognized internationally for her extra ordinary services for girls and women’s health. Dr Zafar was awarded International Fellowship jointly by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and FIGO in June 2000 .She received “Overseas Fund grant” in 2001 and “Bernhard Baron Traveling Fellowship” from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), UK.
Dr Noreen Zafar was elected as member of the Pakistan Representative Committee of the RCOG in 2004. Dr Zafar was honored with “National Women Award” for recognition of extra – ordinary services in the field of girls and women health on 4th August 2007 in Lahore and on International Women’s Day in March 2010.
In 2009, Dr Zafar yet again brought honor to Pakistan when she received the The 2009 John M Eisenberg Award, for Quality and Patient Safety ,in the International Individual Achievement Category , by The Joint Commission and The National Quality Forum, USA (www.qualityforum.org and www.jointcommission.org).
Awarded the Woman of Excellence Award 2011 by Barclays International Women’s Day She is an Associate Individual Member of International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Belgium and hold full registration with the British General Medical Council, UK. A mother of three teenagers, Dr Zafar pioneered Teenage Gynaecology and Female Cancer Prevention in Pakistan and is the Founder and President of Girls & Women Health Initiative (GWHI), a not for profit, charitable venture, to materialize the dream of empowering girls and women to take charge of their health and well being (www.gwhi.org).
She hold regular awareness sessions for girls and women health and well being in Lahore in various schools , colleges , universities and clubs to empower girls and women with correct knowledge regarding their gynaecological and general health.
Presently she is working as The Head of Girls and Women’s Services at Al Razi Healthcare and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Doctors Hospital and Concept Fertility IVF Centre Lahore.
Dr Zafar also serves as Associate Professor in The Center of Human and Population Studies Lahore.
Dr Noreen Zafar
Gold Medalist
MRCOG, London
FRCOG, London
CCST, UK
Head of Women’s Services at
Doctors Hospital and Medical Centre,
Al Razi Health care and
Concept Fertility IVF Centre , Lahore
Founder and President
Girls and Women Health Initiative
(www.gwhi.org)
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