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Ansaf Azhar
Oxfordshire County Council's Director of Public Health and Communities
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 19 Jan 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Ansaf Azhar: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Oxfordshire County Council's Director of Public Health and Communities
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 19 Jan 2026
04 On the record · press
What Ansaf Azhar has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- oxfordmail.co.uk
- bbc.com
Where Ansaf Azhar has been quoted
- Oxfordshire residents urged to book winter vaccinesoxfordmail.co.uk · 27 Sept 2026
- Oxfordshire public health boss backs adding fluoride to waterbbc.com · 11 Jun 2026
- Oxfordshire sees reduction in deprivation thanks to inequality initiativesoxfordmail.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name Ansaf Azhar: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Public health & prevention
- public health
- preventative healthcare
- prevention agenda
- health prevention
- obesity strategy
- childhood obesity
- smoking cessation
- smoke-free
Also searched with “public health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Public health & prevention
Health inequalities
- health inequalities
- health disparities
- health inequality
- deprivation and health
- healthy life expectancy
- life expectancy gap
- levelling up health
- social determinants of health
Also searched with “health inequalities” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Health inequalities
Verbatim
“Flu, COVID and RSV can pose serious risks, especially to people with certain health conditions.”
“the single most effective measure to reduce tooth decay in children”
“The gains we are seeing are fragile, and without sustained investment we risk losing momentum, eroding trust, and undoing years of careful relationship building in communities that need stability most.”
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