This is a case study about how strategic use of data helped curb a huge public health challenge – the spread of HIV in India. Preventing...

This is a case study in how the strategic use of data helped overcome a seemingly intractable public health problem – the spread of polio...

This is their time. After International Women’s day, and in the WHO’s year of the health worker, and in the middle of the pandemic, no...

Using the right questions to unlock a topic My favourite experience as a researcher is asking a question that makes the respondent’s eyes...

There is a new free primary health care clinic open in Shantinagar, Bengaluru, along the lines of the Delhi “Mohalla clinic” model. I’ve...

Focus has been hard to maintain during pandemic times – with no travel, small people at home, working from home and dealing with cabin...

I’ve gathered up all the best books on epidemics so we’re clear on what’s going on here… All the work I do in public health is to create...

We’re all learning to do things differently under lockdown. One key thing has been doing key informant interviews over zoom. I have...

Corona virus means many people are now working from home. I already do that! As explained earlier, I have this consulting thing all...

For me, it’s always makes me feel really old when people look to me for guidance. Nevertheless, most enquiries I get from my website and...

Review of Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas While public health is a discipline unto itself, more than that it convenes people from...

There is increasing credence given to “respectful care” in India right now, especially in the field of maternal health. Treating patients...

Although marked by recent controversy, the mid-day meal scheme is one of India’s big success stories. Maybe we forget this, because we...

Keeping Community-Based Care a Priority In the field of maternal health there has been a big shift towards increasing access to tertiary...

Taking India’s Health Care Successes to America: A Review of Reverse Innovation in Health Care by Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti...

You are safer in the hands of an inexperienced doctor… You may have seen an article that came out a couple of years ago in the Journal of...

Public health is a very data-driven field. And yet, in India, the numbers are so huge and so startling that we quickly become...

Last week I visited Rangiri primary health care centre in Dambulla district, Sri Lanka, with a group of Australian GPs who were there for...

n this post, I highlight research that identifies the population health benefits of public parks and being outside in nature generally....

I love my work and I love being a mother. When I stop and think about what I am really grateful for, the main thing is to be a happy...