Vikash R Keshri, MD, PhD

The myth of better #childbirth care #obstetric care in the #Private sector is busted

In this study👇, Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) of 44 per 1000 live births for delivery in #private health facility is #EAG states of #India

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Emergency care lies at the intersection of clinical care & public health, vital, yet overlooked.
Grateful to Prof. @KateDouglass @GWtweets for sharing insights on building India’s emergency medicine capacity & health workforce.
#HealthSystems #PublicHealth #India #Emergency

Never knew that drugs like #Ozempic and #Mounjaro have gone viral among #urban population in India.

I will re-emphasise the need for focus on primordial and primary prevention to prevent #Obesity & subsequent risk

Let us prioritise prevention & a public health approach & not rush for medicines.

Four large shorebirds strutting along the shoreline towards the right side of the image, with small waves crashing to shore behind hem. They are stippled gray, black and white, with long, very slightly up-curved bills.

A group of Willets strutting their stuff on a beach in Hamilton back in May. #birds #birding #BirdOfTheDay #HamOnt

JNU’s crisis deepens: 36% academic budget cut, women and research students vanish A new JNUTA report reveals JNU’s academic funds have plunged 36%, while women and research student numbers have fallen to 40%, signalling a sharp decline in the university’s academic strength. The rev...

Public higher education in darbar as India's best university suffer from massive fund cut.

Proportion of female and research students declining

#Education #RighttoEducation

www.indiatoday.in/education-to...

YouTube video by Dr. Banda Khalifa Global Health Is Broken: Prof. Madhukar Pai on Power, Equity, and the Urgency to Act

It was great to chat with @drbanda.bsky.social on his podcast on the state of global health, education and mentorship

youtu.be/P32HqSa3SVc?...

Honoured to join the panel on #Healthcare Revolution: India’s Path to Universal Healthcare Access” at the Policy Conclave at O P Jindal Global University

Key takeaway: Strengthening public primary healthcare is central to advancing UHC in India. #UHC #HealthForAll #PHC #RightoHealth

#GlobalHealth is in crisis

The Global South Actors must take control to move from rhetoric to action!

#Gandhi - his life, struggle & principles of #ahimsa & #satyagraha (truth-force) can truly inspire this

Here I share my views on this doi.org/10.5334/aogh...

Honoured to take my first speaking & chairing role at
@JindalGlobalUni
🌿
Spoke on the health effects of Indian cannabis & chaired “Medicinal Cannabis: Stories from the Field.”
A unique, multidisciplinary & thought-provoking session

grateful to @JindalPublicHlth!

Dear #GlobalHealth fellows

How do you think #MahatmaGandhi would have approached power inequity & #decolonization movement in #GlobalHealth ?

Publication-Equivalent as the new single currency of research impact: The ICMR-Impact of Research and Innovation Scale (ICMR-IRIS) Publication-Equivalent as the new single currency of research impact: The ICMR-Impact of Research and Innovation Scale (ICMR-IRIS)

Indian Council of Medical Research @ICMRDELHI has come up with a new comprehensive scale to measure RESEARCH IMPACT

Methods are described in this piece in IJMR by the DG Dr. Rajiv Bahal 👇
ijmr.org.in/publication-...

India's demographic dividend - an asset of time bomb?

Very thoughtful read👇

Congratulations Dr. Pranab!

“The NMC emerged as a cataclysmic response to the widespread failures of the MCI, aiming to reform medical education.
However, structural flaws, weak capacity, and rushed expansion ... NMC is simply a rebranded version of its predecessor."

I said in @TheLancet world report

🚨 India’s public health education is expanding, but job opportunities r shrinking!

MPH grads face job scarcity & training issues

We need better policies, funding & workforce planning to bridge this gap! ⏳

Read editorial in @the_hindu 👇
shorturl.at/luyTU
#HealthPolicy

Professional update:
Joined the Jindal school of public health & human development (JSPH)
@JindalGlobalUNI
as Associate Professor.

Look forward to interdisciplinary #publichealth & #humandevelopment teaching & research
& Teach in the first #GlobalHealth course from India.