Featured Publications

• • 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 prioritise 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

  • November 19, 2015 — Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 3. Cancer

    Cancer control in low and middle income countries is possible and will save lives

  • November 11, 2015 — Disease Control Priorities for Cancer control intervention in LMICs – The Lancet

    The DCP-3 Author Group presents key messages for costs, affordability, and feasibility of an essential package of cancer control

  • October 20, 2015 — Facility Delivery, Postnatal Care and Neonatal Deaths in India: Nationally-Representative Case-Control Studies

    In India, women often seek facility delivery after complications arise, rather than to avoid complications.

  • October 15, 2015 — Research: What makes an eLife paper in epidemiology and global health?

    Editors of the journal discuss quality and effective epidemiology in the global context

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