Transformational Thinking For Health Leaders - from Fiona Day Consulting

21 - Dr. Ahsana Nazish

Dr. Fiona Day Season 2 Episode 21

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In this episode, I speak with Dr Ahsana Nazish, a public health leader whose work bridges hospital management, health systems, and policy. She leads a network of primary care filter clinics across Punjab, delivering screening and treatment for liver and kidney diseases while pursuing her Doctorate in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Ahsana shares her remarkable journey from being the first woman in her family to study medicine to leading large-scale healthcare programmes in Pakistan. She reflects on the challenges of digital transformation in rural healthcare, building trust through partnerships, and navigating leadership as a woman in complex cultural and professional settings.

We explore how vision, resilience, and mentorship can transform systems and how data, innovation, and collaboration can strengthen global health for the future.

If you are a health leader passionate about equity, impact, and system change, this episode will leave you inspired by what is possible when courage meets compassion.

Contact Ahsana

ahsananazish80@gmail.com 

Reflective Practice Questions

  1. How does your personal leadership journey influence the systems you choose to change?

  2. What barriers — cultural, organisational, or internal — have shaped your leadership, and how have you navigated them?

  3. Where could deeper partnership working strengthen the impact of your current projects?

  4. How might evidence and data support your next leadership decision?

  5. What does courage look like in your context at this moment in your career?

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