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CGHR News
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September 29, 2014 — BMJ Coverage of the Million Death Study
BMJ covers CGHR’s signature study the MDS, offering an in-depth explanation of the study.
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September 8, 2014 — Slate Magazine: Lessons from the Dead
Slate covers the Indian Million Death Study in a interview with CGHR founding director Dr. Prabhat Jha.
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July 18, 2014 — Geospatial analysis of distributions of Tobacco and Alcohol use in India
A novel geospatial look at tobacco and alcohol use across Indian districts produces a fine grain analysis
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July 16, 2014 — What is Killing Us? The BBC Covers the MDS in Detail
From the BBC World Service Health Check ongoing series The Truth about Life and Death by Claudia Hammond
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June 26, 2014 — CGHR research student awarded Fellowship in Public Health Policy
Congratulations to Mehak Bhatia for her acceptance into the prestigious CIHR strategic training fellowship.
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June 26, 2014 — Tax hike on tobacco could save 25 000 lives
40 cent per pack increase from tobacco tax is a good start, but the government can do more to avoid early deaths.
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June 11, 2014 — Quality Health Care with Public Funds – The Hindu
Dr. Jha offers 6 recommendations for India’s new government to improve the health of all Indians
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May 23, 2014 — Three easy ways Canada can improve the health of new moms and kids
Globe and Mail op ed: 3 ways Canada can improve the health of new moms and kids through a big investment in Big Data and health
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May 23, 2014 — New York Times MDS Coverage
NYTimes World writes about the very human stories behind the process of gathering verbal autopsies for the Million Death Study
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May 9, 2014 — Opening: Senior Medical Researcher for The Million Death Study
Job opening in the Bangalore office for a senior position
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February 27, 2014 — The International – A Million Deaths: differences that data can make
The goals, progress, and direction of CGHR’s Million Death Study are profiled by theinternational.org
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December 12, 2013 — Financial Times Covers the MDS
A recent article in the Financial Times reports on the impact of the Million Death Study and its ongoing findings.
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December 6, 2013 — MDS Infographics in Nature
Nature’s online news pub features eye-catching colourful graphics explaining the concept and execution of CGHR’s Million Death Study
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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 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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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 27, 2015 — Copenhagen Consensus 2015
The Benefits and Costs of the Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda – a new CGHR publication
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November 25, 2014 — Commentary: The evolving hazards of smoking and benefits of cessation
A commentary on the 2014 Addiction publication from Lam et al on Hong Kong smokers
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September 18, 2014 — Lancet: Premature death can be reduced by 40% in 20 years
A new CGHR/Oxford pub in The Lancet states that premature death can be reduced by 40 percent within the next 2 decades – 2030 goals
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June 12, 2014 — HPV-avertable cancer risks in India
A reply in the International Journal of Cancer to Michaud et al on the associations of HPV and risks for various cancers
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June 12, 2014 — Maternal Survival in India – Montgomery et al
A case control analysis examines the effect of health-facility admission and skilled birth attendant coverage on maternal survival in India
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May 8, 2014 — TB Meta-analysis: Tobacco, Alcohol, Diabetes, and BMI
Patra et al examine the effects of varied risk factors for tuberculosis in 14 high TB burden countries in a Plos One 2014 publication.
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May 1, 2014 — Economic Contributions of Bidi in India
Authors target tobacco industry resistance of taxation and questions common criticism of the effect of taxation on India’s bidi industry
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April 25, 2014 — Reassessing the Value of Vaccines – Lancet
A Lancet Global Health commentary from the GAVI Alliance of world leading experts on the value of vaccines in the global context.
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February 21, 2014 — Verbal Autopsy Paper Series in BMC Medicine
A 4 paper series arguing that verbal autopsy is the best way forward for tackling gaps in global mortality data
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January 1, 2014 — Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco
An examination of global smoking deaths and the positive effects of early quitting and higher tobacco taxes
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October 17, 2013 — Global health: the importance of evidence-based medicine
Leading global health experts discuss how to use EBM in resource-limited settings to improve health outcomes
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September 18, 2013 — Child mortality in Indian districts
Study documents child mortality for 597 Indian districts; only one third of the country’s districts will achieve Millennium Development Goal 4.
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September 17, 2013 — A healthier approach to Canadian aid
How to better use Canada’s foreign aid to improve the lives of the world’s poorest citizens.
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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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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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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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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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