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- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- Nov 3, 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...

- Oct 1, 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...

- Jun 20, 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...

- Jun 2, 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...

- Mar 4, 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...

- Sep 23, 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...

- Apr 21, 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...

- Feb 17, 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...

- Jan 17, 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...

- Aug 30, 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...

- Jul 30, 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...

- Jun 24, 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...

- May 21, 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...

- May 3, 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...

- Mar 17, 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....

- Mar 5, 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...