Earlier this year, Dr Soumya Swaminathan – director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – was appointed Deputy Director General (DDG) of programmes at the World Health Organization (WHO). Health Issues India has interviewed Dr Swaminathan, about the progress made in public health, both in India and on the global level, and what she […]
Interviews
Exclusive interview: Sir Andy Haines on climate change, a global health challenge
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This year environmental issues have grabbed the headlines in India, from large-scale monsoon floods to the Delhi Smog. A study in The Lancet also found that air pollution kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world. Health Issues India has had the opportunity to interview Professor Sir Andy Haines, a professor with […]
India’s first nutrition atlas goes online
India’s first ever nutritional atlas goes live online, thanks to Telangana’s National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). An essential tool In an exclusive interview with Health Issues India, Dr M. Vishnu Vardhana Rao of the NIN says he hopes that the atlas will useful to “policy makers, programme managers, researchers, media, students and other stakeholders.” Given the […]
Exclusive interview with Dr. Harald Nusser: NCDs and the role of young people
This year, on August 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the World Economic Forum convenes a meeting of ASEAN countries, allowing senior decision-makers from a range of sectors to “facilitate greater collaboration between industry, government and civil society, and to work on shaping the brightest […]
Exclusive Interview with Joël Calmet on the status of polio eradication and the introduction of IPV
With its last reported case of a wild polio infection dating back to January 2011, India completed the three-year mandatory period that a country needs to stay free of fresh infections in 2014, allowing it to be endorsed as a country which has eradicated the virus. India will now introduce injectable polio vaccine (IPV) in […]
Interview with Mr. Gopi Gopalakrishnan, President- World Health Partners (WHP)
Mr. Gopi Gopalakrishnan is the President of World Health Partners (WHP) and has over 20 years of experience in implementing large-scale service-delivery programmes in low-resource settings. We recently had the opportunity to interview him for his thoughts on the status of Maternal and Child Health (MCH), family planning and health care in India. WHP was […]
Interview with Prof. Virender Chauhan
Earlier this year, we had the opportunity to talk to Prof. Virender Chauhan who has been working for some time in the field of Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Research. He was the Director of the New Delhi Component of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). He served as a Group Leader […]
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Saroj Pachauri
We recently interviewed Dr. Saroj Pachauri, a community health physician who has been extensively engaged with research on reproductive health. Dr. Pachauri was the Regional Director for the Population Council-South and East Asia till 2012 and continues to serve as a Population Council, Distinguished Scholar. Prior to joining the Population Council, Dr. Pachauri worked for […]
Exclusive interview with Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram on health equity and social justice
What does a prominent scholar of Amartya Sen’s ideas think of India’s health system? We recently interviewed Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram, who is a lecturer in global health and philosophy and the Director of the MSc in Global Health & Social Justice programme at King’s College London. Dr. Venkatapuram has academic training in a range of […]
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Richa Katiyar
Here is our fifth interview with Dr. Richa Katiyar, who is one of the leading IVF and infertility specialists in India . She completed her MD from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and has a Fellowship in Assisted Reproductive Technologies from University of Kiel, Germany. As an IVF specialist in India, Dr. Richa writes […]