A5045157719- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Global Health and Surgery
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Community Health and Development
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
Institute of Public Health Bengaluru
2016-2025
Sri Siddhartha Medical College
2024
Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education
2024
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
2020-2021
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
2021
Institute of Public Health
2020
Centre for Health Equity Studies
2020
Public Health Foundation of India
2019
Bankura Sammilani Medical College
2018
Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences
2014-2018
OBJECTIVE: More than 75% of Indian toddlers are anemic. Data on factors associated with anemia in India limited. The objective this study was to determine biological, nutritional, and socioeconomic risk for vulnerable age group. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional children aged 12 23 months 2 rural districts Karnataka, India. Children were excluded if they unwell or had received blood transfusion. Hemoglobin, ferritin, folate, vitamin B12, retinol-binding protein, C-reactive protein...
The osteoblast-derived hormone osteocalcin promotes testosterone biosynthesis in the mouse testis by binding to GPRC6A Leydig cells. Interestingly, Osteocalcin-deficient mice exhibit increased levels of luteinizing (LH), a pituitary that regulates sex steroid synthesis testes. These observations raise question whether LH osteocalcin's reproductive effects. Additionally, there is growing evidence are reliable marker insulin secretion and sensitivity circulating humans, but endocrine function...
Abstract Background There is a strong policy impetus for the One Health cross-sectoral approach to address complex challenge of zoonotic diseases, particularly in low/lower middle income countries (LMICs). Yet implementation this LMIC contexts such as India has proven challenging, due partly relatively limited practical guidance and understanding on how foster sustain cross-sector collaborations. This study addresses gap by exploring facilitators barriers successful convergence between...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major public health challenge worldwide; they account for 28 million deaths per year in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Like many other LMICs, India is struggling to organise quality care large NCD-affected population especially at the primary healthcare level. The aim of this study was assess local system preparedness south Indian setting addressing diabetes and hypertension.This paper draws on mixed-methods research access medicines...
Health systems interventions, such as capacity-building of health workers, are implemented across districts in order to improve performance healthcare organisations. However, interventions often work some settings and not others. Local could be visualised complex adaptive that respond variously inputs capacity building depending on their local conditions several individual, institutional, environmental factors. We aim at demonstrating how the realist evaluation approach advances thinking by...
The global COVID-19 vaccine rollout has highlighted inequities in the accessibility of countries to vaccines. Populations low- and middle-income have found it difficult access vaccines.This perspective provides analyses on historical contemporary policy trends development immunization programs, including current vaccination drive, governance challenges. Moreover, we also provide a comparative health system analysis deployment some from different continents. It recommends that international...
Zoonotic diseases affect resource-poor tropical communities disproportionately, and are linked to human use modification of ecosystems. Disentangling the socio-ecological mechanisms by which ecosystem change precipitates impacts pathogens is critical for predicting disease risk designing effective intervention strategies. Despite global "One Health" initiative, predictive models zoonotic often focus on narrow ranges factors rarely scaled programs use. This study uses a participatory,...
Forest-based communities manage many risks to health and socio-economic welfare including the increasing threat of emerging zoonoses that are expected disproportionately affect poor marginalised groups, further impair their precarious livelihoods, particularly in Low-and-Middle Income (LMIC) settings. Yet, there is a relative dearth empirical research on vulnerability adaptation pathways groups facing zoonoses. Drawing survey 229 households series key-informant interviews Western Ghats, we...
There has been a lot of attention on the role human resource management interventions to improve delivery health services in low- and middle-income countries. However, studies this subject are few due limited research implementation programmes methodological difficulties conducting experimental interventions. The authors present protocol an evaluation district-level capacity-building intervention identify determinants performance workers managerial positions understand how changes (if any)...
Generic medicines are an important policy option to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines. However, negative perceptions of their quality affect utilisation and raise issues confidence trust in health services. The aim the study was test generic branded explain towards
Anemia affects almost two-thirds of pregnant women in developing countries and contributes to maternal mortality low birthweight. According the National Family Health Survey-4 reports, anemia continues be a public health problem.To study prevalence its risk factors among attending public-sector hospital.This was nested within an ongoing cohort "ÇASCADE" which is exploring effect prenatal exposure cortisol psychological distress on infant development Bangalore. The respondents were enrolled...
Performance of local health services managers at district level is crucial to ensure that are good quality and cater the needs population in area. In many Low- Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), poorly equipped with public management capacities needed for planning managing their system. South Indian Tumkur district, a consortium five non-governmental organisations partnered state government organise capacity-building program managers. The consisted mix periodic contact classes, mentoring...
There is increased global and national attention on the need for effective strategies to control zoonotic diseases. Quick, action is, however, hampered by poor evidence-bases limited coordination between stakeholders from relevant sectors such as public animal health, wildlife forestry at different scales, who may not usually work together. The OneHealth approach recognises value of cross-sectoral evaluation human, environmental health questions in an integrated, holistic transdisciplinary...
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in disproportionate consequences for ethnic minority groups and Indigenous Peoples. We present an application of the Priority Public Health Conditions (PPHC) framework from World Organisation (WHO), to explicitly address other respiratory viruses potential. This is supported by evidence that were more likely be infected, implying differential exposure (PPHC level two), vulnerable severe disease once infected three) have poorer health outcomes following...
<ns3:p>Background Fathers’ participation in parenting directly contributes to child development and mental health. Emerging evidence demonstrates that high-quality paternal involvement leads positive social, emotional, psychosocial developmental outcomes. Despite growing recognition of the importance father-child relationships well-being, there remains limited understanding complex multifaceted nature this relationship, particularly diverse cultural, socioeconomic, family structure contexts....
Introduction: This paper explores the development of Realist Implementation Action Research Lab (RIAL), a participatory learning site aimed at addressing health disparities among Adivasi communities in India. Despite national improvements, Adivasis face significant inequities. RIAL employs realist-inspired, theory-driven design to co-create solutions with communities, fostering collaboration diverse stakeholders. The discusses insights from establishment RIAL, focusing on strategies...
Tobacco use and associated disease burden remains high among Indigenous communities in India. Despite an overall decline tobacco consumption over the last few decades, social disparities have widened with experiencing least decline. Existing control policies lack specific considerations for communities. Hence, as part of a broader research initiative focusing on health communities, we explored how parliamentarians India framed their concerns about reference to time. We sourced digital...
Digital health interventions (DHIs) refer to discrete technological functionalities designed achieve specific objectives in addressing system challenges through digital applications. These are tools for strengthening systems, particularly low- and middle-income countries. This study consolidates findings from Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, examining three distinct applications with varying intervention capabilities that contribute within their respective primary healthcare contexts. The analyzed...