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Top interventions to tackle global chronic disease

— May 1, 2012

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.

Growing economies urged to avoid private health-care models

— March 29, 2012

Professors Prabhat Jha and Dean T. Jamison reflect on lessons from the US health-care model.

Tobacco-related and cervical cancers are important causes of death among working-age people in India

— March 28, 2012

New study published in The Lancet finds a significant portion of cancer mortality in India is avoidable.

Tobacco tax reform needed to curb corruption and increase revenue while saving lives in India

— October 20, 2011

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.

Use of female sex workers in India: PLoS One article

— September 8, 2011

CGHR study investigates patterns of non-regular sex partners and use of female sex workers by Indian men for HIV prevention.

WHO Bulletin: Deaths from unintentional falls in India

— August 15, 2011

Study in the WHO Bulletin reveals new information about deaths in India from unintentional falls.

Selective abortion may account for up to 12 million missing girls in India

— May 24, 2011

Study in The Lancet finds that selective abortion of girls in India has drastically increased. Press materials available.

New findings for infectious disease deaths among 5-14 year olds in India

— May 24, 2011

Infectious disease mortality in older children aged 5-14 now published in PLoS One.

Snakebite deaths largely underestimated in India, says new CGHR study

— April 12, 2011

India is believed to have more snakebites than any other country in the world.

CGHR study in PLoS One: capturing the context of maternal deaths using verbal autopsy

— February 7, 2011

Capturing the context of maternal deaths from supplementary narratives in verbal autopsy.