Blog | Public Health Strategies

Aug 9, 2021
11 min

Turning Back HIV in India: A Case Study in Data Use

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...

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Aug 2, 2021
6 min

Eliminating Polio in India: A Case Study in Data Use

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

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Apr 6, 2021
4 min

This is their time. *But, please do not formalise the ASHA cadre!*

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...

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Feb 16, 2021
3 min

The Perfect Interview Starts with the Right Question...

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

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Nov 4, 2020
3 min

Delhi’s “Mohalla clinic” model replicated in Bengaluru

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

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Oct 2, 2020
3 min

Find the logic of the thing, then the reality of it

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

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Jun 21, 2020
5 min

We’ve All Just Had A Crash Course on Pandemics

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...

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Jun 3, 2020
3 min

The Brave New World of Key Informant Interviews on Zoom

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

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Mar 5, 2020
2 min

10 tips for working from home amid COVID-19

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

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Sep 24, 2019
6 min

How to Be a Consultant

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...

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Apr 22, 2019
3 min

The Market and the Social Sector

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

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Feb 18, 2019
1 min

Respectful Care and Respectful Workplaces

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

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Jan 18, 2019
4 min

A Big Fat Indian Success Story: The Midday Meal Scheme

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

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Aug 31, 2018
3 min

If Hospitals No Longer Make Sense, India is Ahead of the Game

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

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Jul 31, 2018
3 min

Can India Solve America’s Health Care Crisis? (For Real!)

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

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Jun 25, 2018
2 min

Why you Should Never Call “the Expert”

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...

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May 22, 2018
3 min

We are Immune to Numbers: The Importance of Story Telling

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

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May 4, 2018
2 min

From Sri Lanka with Love: Lessons in Primary Care for Remote Rural Australia

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

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Mar 18, 2018
2 min

Parks for Healthier Communities

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

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Mar 6, 2018
4 min

How being a working mum makes me a better professional (and a better mum)

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...

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