Rubina Gillani
Rubina Gillani | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | Master in Public Health |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation(s) | medical doctor and public health specialist |
| Known for | Country Manager, Fred Hollows Foundation |
| Board member of | Chal Foundation National Committee for Eye Health,Pakistan |
| Awards | Eye Health Hero[1] |
Rubina Gillani is a Pakistani medical doctor and public health specialist from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
She trained as a general practitioner and worked for the Pakistan Air Force for six years.[2]
Gillani was the Fred Hollows Foundation's Country Manager in Pakistan[3] since 1998, but left it in 2014. As Country Manager, she did managerial work but still sees herself as a 'field worker'.
The Foundation has been working with local blindness prevention agencies in Pakistan since 1997,[4] such as The Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology and the Khyber Eye Foundation. In 1998 Gillani undertook a situational analysis w i to determine the prevalence of blindness in Pakistan. She spoke at The Foundation's IMG meeting in October 2003 in Sydney, Australia on the importance of sustainability and The Foundation's role as a development organisation.[5]
In 2006 she met Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Canberra resulting in the Australian Government’s decision to fund the eye program in Pakistan for a further 5 years.[6]
In 2009, the Australian Federal Government announced more than $5-million in extra funding for the Foundation’s program in Pakistan that is restoring the sight of thousands of people in remote areas.[7]
In February 2012, Gillani visited the Ophthalmology Department of the Khyber Teaching Hospital and handed over equipment worth Rs 5 million to the hospital.[8]
From 2015 to 2018 she served on the Board of Governors of the Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness website Accessed March 1, 2017
- ^ Fred Hollows Foundation, Through other eyes. Macmillan, 2002.
- ^ "Dr Rubina Gillani - Country Manager of the Fred and Hollows Foundation in Pakistan". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ^ Overs, Marge (2012). In Fred's Footsteps: 20 Years of Restoring Sight. The Fred Hollows Foundation. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780975687086.
- ^ Seeing is Believing 24 October 2003
- ^ Overs, Marge. In Fred's Footsteps: 20 Years of Restoring Sight. The Fred Hollows Foundation, 2012
- ^ ABC:The World Today 18 February 2009
- ^ The News February 25, 2012
- ^ Yusufzai, Mushtaq (2018-04-25). "Summary sent to govt to extend terms of BoG members in public hospitals - Pakistan". The News International. Retrieved 2020-12-08.