Mission Statement

Welcome to the South Asian Health Foundation web site. The aims of this site are encapsulated within our mission statement:

1. To promote improvements in the quality of, and access to, healthcare and health promotion in South Asians.

2. To promote research that leads to the above objectives

BREAKING NEWS

SAHF Diabetes working group launches a report on research recommendations on diabetes for British South Asians. Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Sudhesh Kumar, both members of the diabetes working group, and many others who are experts in the area of diabetes in South Asian contributed to this review. The group is grateful to Diabetes UK for funding this initiative and to their staff for their enormous commitment in delivering the review. To read the full report please go to

http://www.sahf.org.uk/uploads/docs/files/26.pdf

RAISING AWARENESS for SAHF

"I am determined to raise profile fo SAHF!" - says Alia Gilani, member of SAHF diabetes working group. An article appeared in June's issue of Clinical Pharmacy about Alia's recent advances as health inequalities pharmacist in the pharmacy and prescribing support unit (PPSU) at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. For the full article please go to

http://www.clinicalpharmacy.org.uk/June/profile.pdf