Dr. Sabeen Afzal is currently the Deputy Director Health Programs, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination in Pakistan. She has been working in the Ministry of Health for the past 19 years and has held many key positions and portfolios at the Ministry of Health including Medical Education & Regulations, Public Health, Nutrition, Maternal Neonatal & Child Health, International Health Regulations (IHR) and Health Systems. She was instrumental in developing National Health Vision Pakistan 2016-25, Pakistan Human Resource for Health Vision 2018-30, National Digital Health framework, generic UHC benefit package for Pakistan, Health Security Financing Assessment, National Risk Communication Framework.