Health Equity Network India (HENI) – the 21st Equilogues
31-March-2023 Friday3:00-4:30 PM ISTTheme: Leaving no one behind:Understanding the gaps in the current approach to ensuring UHC in India Background: Universal Health Coverage is intended to “leave no one behind”, and yet often falls far short of this goal, even in the...
Health Equity Network India (HENI) – the 20th Equilogues
Health Equity Network India (HENI) – the 20th Equilogues16-December-2022 Friday3:30-5:00 PM ISTTheme: How do we build the world we want? Multi-Country Perspectives on Social Participation for Universal Health Coverage Background: Social participation or citizen...
Realist evaluation in Health Policy & Systems Research 2022
27-29 Sep 2022IPH BengaluruOffline - Rs.21,000 Online - Rs.12,000 Inc GSTFor International Participants - 350$Last date: 20th-Sep-22Facilitators:What is Realist evaluation? Realist evaluation is an essential evaluation method to study programs and policies in health....
Regional Report on Tobacco Industry Interference in South Asia
The tobacco epidemic continues today, claiming the lives of about 8 million people worldwide every year. Increasing interference by the tobacco industry has been seen to be an obstacle to effective tobacco control.
IPH Bengaluru Annual Day 2022
02-September-20223:00 PM to 4:00 PMIPH Bengaluru CampusWe are pleased to invite you to the Institute of Public Health Bengaluru ‘Annual day 2022’, This year marks the completion of 17 years in the field of public health and we would like to take this opportunity to...
CTRITH – Online webinar on the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
On 9th August 2022, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru under the initiative Centre for Training, Research, and Innovation in Tribal Health(CTRITH) and Jilla Budakattu Girijana Abhvriddhi Sangha, Chamarajanagar District had jointly organized an online webinar on the...
CME workshop on Tribal health at Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Chamarajanagar
Through a grant from DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, IPH Bengaluru launched the Center for Training Research & Innovation in Tribal Health (CTRITH) with a focus on research and action on Adivasi health in southern Karnataka. The centre has established...
Concurrent Monitoring of Midwifery Training Program in Odisha- CMMT
The objectives of this monitoring study are: -1) To monitor the quality of implementation of the midwifery training program2) To identify the facilitators and barriers in the implementation of the training Program3) To monitor the competence of the trainee Midwives...
In a first for Karnataka, a community-based research center on tribal health launched in Chamarajanagar on 08 June 2022
The Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru along with J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore, and Indian Institute of Public Health, Bangalore launched a 5-year research initiative on tribal health supported by the DBT / Wellcome Trust India Alliance and in collaboration with...
District Gap Assessment-Telangana (DGAT)
About the project The state of Telangana, despite the challenges of a newly formed state, has also achieved the SDG 3 of MMR of less than 70/100000 live births. However, maternal deaths that are preventable are still occurring in India and in Telangana. Studies also...
Regional Consultations on ‘Implementation of Tobacco Control Policies in India’
The burden of tobacco-related illnesses is high in India, with about 1.35 million people dying each year. Despite comprehensive tobacco control laws and policies, implementation is varied among Indian states. The Anushthana project organized two regional...
Anushthana team conducts field observations in three Indian states
Tobacco kills over one million adults in a high-burden country like India each year. Despite a comprehensive tobacco control law – the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003, implementation remains varied across Indian states due to several contextual...
Workshop on Research Management in Public Health Research Organisations
Dear Friends, Greetings from the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru! We are organising a workshop of “ Workshop on research management in public health research organisations” on 12th January 2022 from 2.00 to 5.00 PM. What is Research Management?All the support...
Annual Public Health Ph.D. Workshop
20th & 21st -January-2022Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru Please fill this google form by 5th January 2022About the workshop:Ph.D. students in their journey are not only expected to equip themselves with the necessary skills and competency but also...
IPH, Bengaluru staff participate in the 5th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
Thirteen members of the Chronic Conditions and Public Policies cluster at IPH actively participated in the three-day conference of the 5th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH). This three-day scientific programme focused on diverse public health issues and challenges in tobacco control at the national and sub-national level along with context-specific solutions for their replication towards achieving tobacco-free environments. There were plenary sessions, panel discussions, symposia, oral presentation, poster discussion, and workshops on many aspects of tobacco control which will pave the way towards building effective policy and program.
Preventing TII in Karnataka
‘Symposium on Applied Research in Tobacco Control and Regional Stakeholder Meeting’ (Virtual) was held on 16th September 2021 in association with the Tobacco Control Capacity Programme and State Tobacco Control Cell, Government of Karnataka. Dr. Upendra Bhojani...
Paper on food laws to ban smokeless tobacco products in India
(BMJ) Tobacco Control recently published a paper by Dr. Upendra Bhojani and Riddhi Dsouza from the DEEP project at the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru. The paper analysed how several states in India used food laws to ban certain smokeless tobacco products...
IPH Bengaluru Annual Day Oration & Panel Discussion 2021
We are pleased to invite you to the Institute of Public Health (IPH) ‘Annual day 2021’, This year marks the completion of 16 years in the field of public health and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our collaborators, adjunct faculty, honorary associates, ex-employees, well wishers, staff and others who have been part of this journey.
IPH Panel Discussion & Oration is a public event, please feel free to disseminate in your networks
Anusthana’s protocol paper published in BMJ
Dr. Pragati Hebbar together with Vivek Dsouza, Upendra Bhojani, Onno CP van Schayck, Dr. Giridhara Babu, and Gera Nagelhout co-authored a protocol paper titled “Implementation research for taking tobacco control policies to scale in India: a realist evaluation study...
Evaluation of a school-based tobacco/supari cessation program
Dr. Upendra Bhojani, co-authored a paper in Population Medicine journal, along with Dr. Pragati Hebbar and Amiti Varma from the Chronic Conditions and Public Policies cluster at IPH-Bengaluru. The paper evaluated a school-based tobacco/supari cessation intervention...
Workshop on Preventing TII (Chhattisgarh & Manipur)
In two separate workshops held in December last year, Dr. Upendra Bhojani (Director, IPH-Bengaluru) was invited to serve as a resource person (virtual) on Tobacco Industry Interference (TII). The workshops were held in Chhattisgarh (16th December, 2020) and Manipur...
Paper on Parliamentary Questions Related to Tobacco in India
Dr. Upendra Bhojani, co-authored a paper in the BMJ Global Health, along with Amiti Varma & Latha Chilgod of the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru. This is the first peer-reviewed paper from the DEEP project titled “Diverse and competing interests around...
Women’s day celebration at IPH field station
ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 8 2021, ಬಿಳಿರಂಗನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ : ಸೋಲಿಗ ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಹಿಳಾ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆ. ಗ್ರಾಮಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಬಿಳಿರಂಗನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಸೋಲಿಗ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸಂಘ (ರಿ), ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಿಟ್ಯೂಟ್ ಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್ ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮತ್ತು ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದ ಗಿರಿಜನ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಇದರ ಸಹಯೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೋಲಿಗ ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ...
India Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2020
Led by Dr. Upendra Bhojani and Adhip Amin from IPH, the India Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2020 report has been produced through a collaborative work of several institutions and individuals active in tobacco control research and practice in India. The report...
Ketki Shah – Doctoral Fellowship (DBT/WT India Alliance)
Ketki Shah received a doctoral fellowship under the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance project led by Dr. Upendra Bhojani. She has registered her PhD in December 2020 at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU). At TDU, her PhD is...
6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Amiti Varma from the DEEP project presented a paper on “Situating tobacco in health policy: Using parliament as an instrument of accountability” at the 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (8 - 12 November, 2020). She presented findings from an analysis of...
Strengthening the Resilience of India’s Plural Health System: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis
11.00 AM - 12.30 PM09-February-2021 Title: "Strengthening the Resilience of India’s Plural Health System: Lessons from the COVID19 Crisis"Speakers: Smt. Shailaja Chandra Former Secretary, ISM & H (Indian Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy) Ministry of Health...
Inauguration India HPSR Fellowships Programme
The India Health Policy & Systems Research (HPSR) Fellowships Programme is delighted to invite you to the inauguration session of its first cohort Agenda 2:00 - 2:05 pm (IST) Welcome address Rajeev Sadanandan, CEO, Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP)...
Planetary Health Interpretation Centre In Pakke Tiger Reserve
As part of the THETA project (Towards Health Equity & Transformative Action on tribal health), India Alliance fellow Dr Prashanth N Srinivas and his team at IPH Bengaluru plan to set up a Planetary Health Interpretation Centre in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal...
Call for Application India HPSR Fellowships Programme
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The programme takes a blended learning approach for a duration of 18 months with an online foundation component, a week-long workshop, followed by the opportunity to implement a research proposal through a seed grant of Rs. 6 lakhs.
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