Saad Ahmed

Contributor

Saad Ahmed (he/him) is an undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program with an Aging Studies Option at the University of Waterloo, and a youth contributor with the Our Kids’ Health Youth Program.

4 Contributions
by Natalie Fung Saad Ahmed Kar Yin Michelle Au Ripudaman Singh Minhas

Young people aren’t avoiding conversations about sexual health – they’re avoiding judgment

Youth are already talking about sexual health online every day. The question is whether trusted institutions are willing to meet them there – not with judgment, but with honesty, empathy and respect. 
by Ahmed Bagit Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Kashif Pirzada Saad Ahmed Saad Ahmed

Canada must double-down on mRNA production to overcome vaccine nationalism

What is our Plan B if future disruptions arise this year? Are we going to continue to wait, allowing community spread, more variants and more deaths?
by Ahmed Bagit Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Saad Ahmed Kashif Pirzada Urooj Khan Saad Ahmed

Anti-vaxxers may be a lost cause but the vaccine-hesitant must be brought on board
by Saad Ahmed Saad Ahmed

The government must take over the manufacturing of critical care drugs

This pandemic, like the Spanish flu at the height of the Progressive era, is a chance for a burst of creativity in policy-making and a commitment to building new institutions. 

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