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CGHR News
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June 16, 2013 — HIV prevention among female sex workers in India reduces HIV and syphilis
BMJ study finds that levels of HIV fell by 40 per cent among pregnant women between 2003 and 2008.
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May 15, 2013 — Million Death Study recruiting physician coders in India
We seek MCI-registered physicians, in any specialty, to join our unique Million Death Study.
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April 29, 2013 — 2013 CGHR Verbal Autopsy Research Fellowship
The 2013 CGHR Verbal Autopsy Research Fellowship supports one qualified and experienced candidate to develop research in verbal autopsy application in LMICs.
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April 11, 2013 — Polio Eradication is achievable and urgent, declare 400+ global scientists
Declaration emphasizes the eradication of polio as an urgent and achievable global healthy priority
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January 9, 2013 — Million Death Study featured in The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail describes results of the ongoing work, and how counting the dead helps the living.
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November 13, 2012 — Tobacco taxes: a win-win for the economy and public health
Asian Development Bank report describes how higher tobacco taxes can raise revenues and cut smoking-related deaths.
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July 20, 2012 — Prof Jha speaks about global tobacco consumption on Al Jazeera
Prof Jha was featured Al Jazeera, discussing the rising rates of smoking in developing countries.
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July 3, 2012 — Prof Prabhat Jha appointed to Order of Canada
Director of CGHR has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.
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May 18, 2012 — Prof Jha talks about sex selection on Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera hosted Prof Jha to discuss trends of sex selection among South Asians.
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April 18, 2012 — CGHR Scientist wins Infectious Disease award
Congratulations to Dr Shaun Morris, whose work on measles in India received the Sanofi Pastuer Award for Communicable Disease Epidemiology.
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March 29, 2012 — Prof Prabhat Jha awarded Luther L. Terry award
Prof Prabhat Jha honoured with the 2012 Luther L. Terry award for Outstanding Research Contribution in global tobacco control.
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Featured Publications
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January 23, 2013 — 21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States
A CGHR study published in NEJM finds that smokers who quit before 40 years save a decade of their lives
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August 31, 2012 — Counting the dead is one of the best public health investments
Improving cause of death data in places where vital registration is scarce could dramatically transform public health.
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June 12, 2012 — Suicide is one of top causes of death for young adults in India
New research published in the Lancet estimates a total of 0.2 million suicide deaths in 2010 in India.
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May 1, 2012 — Top interventions to tackle global chronic disease
A Copenhagen Consensus panel, including Prof Prabhat Jha, outlines five key interventions with the greatest “bang for buck” to tackle chronic disease in developing countries.
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March 29, 2012 — Growing economies urged to avoid private health-care models
Professors Prabhat Jha and Dean T. Jamison reflect on lessons from the US health-care model.
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March 28, 2012 — Tobacco-related and cervical cancers are important causes of death among working-age people in India
New study published in The Lancet finds a significant portion of cancer mortality in India is avoidable.
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October 20, 2011 — Tobacco tax reform needed to curb corruption and increase revenue while saving lives in India
New CGHR study emphasizes the need for tobacco tax reform in India to improve tax administration, increase revenue, and save 69 million years of healthy life.
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