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      • November 2, 2018 — Hot Temperature Has Highest Mortality Risk, But Moderately Cold Temperature Contributed To The Most Deaths In India

        Interventions in India should focus on the effects of moderately cold temperature, which contribute to the most deaths.

      • September 19, 2017 — Changes in cause-specific neonatal and 1-59-month child mortality in India from 2000 to 2015

        India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005 but there is still more to be done.

      • March 28, 2017 — “Verbal autopsies” could reveal how millions live and die

        One of the biggest challenges [...] is being able to get an appropriate “national sample of deaths”

      • March 27, 2017 — Global health researchers receive QES grant

        QES grant will enable global talent exchange and develop scholars

      • February 6, 2017 — Analyses: Union Budget 2017 Tobacco Tax Increase

        Tobacco tax increase in India’s Union budget 2017 is insufficient to improve public health

      • January 24, 2017 — Tripling tobacco taxes

        Key for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

      • January 9, 2017 — Hellen Gelband: botanist turned policy guru in global health

        Profile of Hellen Gelband, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy’s (CDDEP) Associate Director for Policy

      • September 16, 2016 — How Canada can help lead the way to better global health

        Prof. Prabhat Jha shares his thoughts on Canada’s role in global health

      • May 30, 2016 — Principles of Tobacco Control

        Prof. Prabhat Jha shares his thoughts on Tobacco Control.

      • April 14, 2016 — Dr Prabhat Jha wins the inaugural CIHR Trailblazer Award

        Director of the Centre for Global Health Research, Dr Prabhat Jha, has received this award in recognition for his outstanding contributions to population and public health.

      • April 5, 2016 — Counting the Dead to Save the Living

        The Varsity, University of Toronto’s student paper, sat down and spoke with Prof. Prabhat Jha about the Million Deaths Study.

      • December 17, 2015 — Talking to the Dead – 52 Insights

        A new interview with Prof. Prabhat Jha on the Million Death Study

      • July 17, 2015 — Smoking profiled in The Economist

        The Economist profiles the changes to the modern smoking epidemic and the policies needed to reduce tobacco deaths

      • May 26, 2015 — India Causes of Death 2004-2006 Report

        Registrar General of India report publishes the Causes of Death in India for 2004-6

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  • Featured Publications

      • July 24, 2018 — Mortality attributable to hot and cold ambient temperatures in India: a nationally representative case-crossover study

        Public health interventions to mitigate temperature effects need to focus not only on extremely hot temperatures but also moderately cold temperatures

      • July 13, 2018 — Deaths from cardiovascular disease rising in India, study finds

        Previously unstudied nationally, cardiac mortality is on the rise in India, especially in rural areas and young adults

      • April 11, 2018 — Health, taxes, and poverty in 500 million male smokers

        Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people

      • February 6, 2018 — Identifying HIV care continuum gaps using verbal autopsy

        “We have designed a verbal autopsy tool to identify and remedy gaps in the HIV care continuum.”

      • November 6, 2017 — Nationwide Mortality Studies To Quantify Causes Of Death: Relevant Lessons From India’s Million Death Study

        Cause-of-death data can be captured at low cost, with high quality, and in a timely manner.

      • September 25, 2017 — Divergence and convergence in cause-specific premature adult mortality in Mexico and US Mexican Hispanics from 1995 to 2015

        There is a need for ongoing attention to avoidable mortality in Mexico and among US Mexican Hispanics

      • September 19, 2017 — Changes in cause-specific neonatal and 1-59-month child mortality in India from 2000 to 2015

        India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005 but there is still more to be done.

      • August 23, 2017 — Characterizing measles transmission in India

        Routine vaccination and supplemental immunization between 2000 and 2015 saved 1. 6 million under-five children from death

      • April 11, 2017 — Raising taxes key to accelerate tobacco control in South Asia

        South Asian countries must prioritize higher tobacco taxation and other control measures

      • December 13, 2016 — Renal failure deaths and their risk factors in India 2001–13

        Renal failure is a growing public health concern for India.

      • December 1, 2016 — Childhood Cancer Mortality in India

        The burden of childhood cancer in India is substantially higher than previously suggested.

      • September 6, 2016 — Karnataka’s Roadmap to Improved Health

        Cost effective solutions to address priority diseases, reduce poverty and increase economic growth

      • April 6, 2016 — Trends in bidi and cigarette smoking in India 1998 to 2015

        The number of smokers is rising and cigarettes are replacing bidi in India.

      • April 5, 2016 — Effects of body mass index, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and solid fuel use on the risk of asthma

        BMI, smoking, drinking and solid fuel use —combined— double or triple the risk of development of asthma. 

      • December 17, 2015 — Causes of Death in India 2010-2013

        Registrar General of India and the Centre for Global Health Research release statistics from the Sample Registration System and MDS

      • November 19, 2015 — Adult mortality risk in India in 2014

        New demographic view of Indian adult mortality shows a east-west differences in the country

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  • Featured Videos

      • September 19, 2017 — Changes in Child Causes of Death in India from 2000 – 2015

      • October 5, 2016 — Statistical Alliance for Vital Events (SAVE)

      • January 1, 2014 — Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco

      • September 17, 2013 — TEDx: Death 101

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        April 20, 2012 — Cancer Deaths in India (English)

      • Missing Girls in India Video

        May 24, 2011 — Missing Girls in India (English)

      • Malaria deaths in India Video

        October 21, 2010 — Malaria Deaths in India (English)

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