This issue we'd like
to introduce our official MEJFM photographer
and reporter, Dr Manzoor Ahmed Butt, from
Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
Dr Butt is a practicing
family doctor in one of the poorer areas
of Rawalpindi but also a great advocate
of public health and health reform issues.
He is very much a 'big picture' man and
his interests include women's health, public
health, water quality, disaster relief,
road trauma, and anything else that affects
the day to day life of people in Pakistan.
He also supports 'local
initiatives' and 'local people' who contribute
to the improvement of the fabric of society
in Pakistan.
Dr Butt has introduced
many pragmatic programs aimed at finding
practical solutions to health issues caused
by poverty isolation and cultural factors.
He trains 'women's health workers', assisted
by his wife Mrs Rahila Manzoor, visits schools,
assists in programs aimed at empowerment
of those at the bottom of society and runs
competitions to lift the status and financial
situation of women and girls.
Chronic health problems
restrict Manzoor's mobility, however he
has taught the world to come to him, and
we do.
Dr Butt with his trained
'women's health workers'.
Articles on some of Dr
Butt's initiatives can be found in this
issue of the MEJFM under Health News from
Pakistan.
Lesley Pocock
Publisher
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