Featured Publications

• • October 5, 2021 — TRENDS IN MATERNAL MORTALITY IN INDIA OVER TWO DECADES IN NATIONALLY-REPRESENTATIVE SURVEYS

    We analyzed trends in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) from 1997 through 2020, estimated absolute maternal deaths and examined the causes of maternal death using nationally representative data sources. We estimated that 1.3 million Indian women died from maternal causes over the last two decades. Although maternal mortality rates have fallen by 70% overall, the [...]

  • April 12, 2021 — Trends in missing females at birth in India from 1981 to 2016: analyses of 2·1 million birth histories in nationally representative surveys

    This paper documents the trends in missing female births, particularly among second and third children, at national and state levels.

  • July 7, 2020 — Trends in snakebite deaths in India from 2000 to 2019

    Snakebites killed 1.2 million Indians over the last 20 years

  • April 27, 2020 — Is Malaria an Important Cause of Death among Adults?

    A U-shaped mortality age curve can be seen in Indian and African verbal autopsies

  • January 6, 2020 — Health-care investments for the urban populations, Bangladesh and India

    India and Bangladesh need to triple their current health spending to hit SDGs.

  • November 7, 2019 — National Burden Estimates of healthy life lost in India, 2017

    This study quantifies disease burden in Indian using transparent, intuitive, and reproducible methods.

  • June 27, 2019 — Automated versus physician assignment of cause of death for verbal autopsies: randomized trial of 9374 deaths in 117 villages in India

    First ever comparison of automated computer coding of causes of death versus standard physician coding.

  • May 21, 2019 — Lancet Public Health study shows that firearm mortality highest in young men and associated with race and education in the USA, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia

    Firearms remain a leading cause of death in men aged 15-34 years – accounting for 1.4 million deaths

  • March 12, 2019 — Trends in cause-specific mortality among children aged 5-14 years from 2005 to 2016 in India, China, Brazil, and Mexico: an analysis of nationally representative mortality studies.

    Majority of 200,000 deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil and Mexico are preventable

  • March 5, 2019 — The impact of measles immunization campaigns in India using a nationally representative sample of 27,000 child deaths

    Continued diligence in mass immunization and direct mortality monitoring are both needed to achieve elimination of measles deaths in India.

  • 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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