CGHR News

• • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • May 9, 2014 — Opening: Senior Medical Researcher for The Million Death Study

    Job opening in the Bangalore office for a senior position

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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