Dr. Nukhba Zia

2 June 2021

Dr. Nukhba Zia

Dr. Nukhba Zia, MBBS MPH PhD, is an Assistant Scientist in the Health Systems program in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also a core faculty of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit. She is a trained physician and a health systems researcher. Over the past ten years, she has worked in several countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia including Pakistan and Uganda on various injury, disability, and rehabilitation projects. She has particular interest in understanding health and education needs of children and adolescent. Through her work, Dr. Zia has engaged with WHO, UNICEF, academic partners and NGOs to understand global and local context to implement contextually relevant interventions.  Dr. Zia is co- Program Technical Coordinator for the Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems (ReLAB-HS) and provides technical support to the consortium partners and country teams in the planning and implementation of the activities.