Health Services
Research within this cluster seeks
- To understand challenges in health care organization and delivery of services that are equitable using a systems lens.
- To build an actionable base of innovations and interventions to strengthen an integrated delivery of health care services that
is person-centered at decentralized levels of health care.
PRIORITIES
Strengthening primary health care

Concurrent Monitoring of Midwifery Training Program in Odisha- CMMT

District Gap Assessment-Telangana (DGAT)

Health and Wellness Centre- Innovation Learning Centre

Strengthening Primary Care for NCD's (Kolar District)

Evaluation Of Midwife Training In Telangana (EMTT)

Strengthening NCD care in Tumkur

Urban Health Action Research Project

An Implementation Research in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka (INCARE)
Private sector engagement

Optimising the involvement of Private Practitioners
in Tuberculosis Care

Private Health Sector Involvement in National TB Control Programme: An intervention research, Tumukur District
Access to care

The Access to Medicines Study

Qualitative Research Study on Barriers to Point Of Care Testing in India
Disease control

SPEAK India - Setting the Post-Elimination Agenda for Kala-Azar in India
Updates
THE ROAD to SAFETY – Awareness program on Road safety
In order to create awareness among youth, especially college students, about the road safety measures and recent amendments to MV Act, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru and HKBK Group of Institutions with the support of State Road Safety Authority had organized an awareness program titled “The Road to Safety” under the banner of the “Safer Roads Bengaluru” initiative at HKBK group of institutions on 18th October 2019.
The main intention of organizing this event at HKBK campus is that the selected campus one of the prominent institution at our selected stretch of road and has more than 3000 students studying on that campus.
Poster presentation, skits, role-play by students on road safety, quiz competition and road safety awareness session by traffic police were organized as part of the event. Former Home Minister and present Member of Legislative Assembly Shri. K. J. George inaugurated the event. The event was presided by Shri. C. M. Faiz Mohammed, Director of HKBK Group of Institutions. Dr. Thriveni B S, public health expert and member of the BBMP NCD task force, Shri. Manzoor A. Khan, Secretary, HKBK Group of Institutions were the other guests for the event.
Winners of the competitions were rewarded ISI standard 2-wheeler helmets from the Safer Roads Bengaluru initiative. Around 600 students participated in the event.
Realist evaluation in health policy
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Tobacco Control |JIPMER 2019
Tobacco Control |JIPMER 2019 –
The 5th National Workshop on Tobacco Control, held in JIPMER from 26th August to 30th August 2019, was attended
SARC-CCT in Sri Lanka
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Policy Roundtable: Urban Health Governance in India
Image credit: Observer Research Foundation Dr. Upendra Bhojani, India Alliance Fellow and Director at IPH, was invited to participate in a Roundtable discussion hosted by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and World Health Organization, India in Delhi on the 26th July...
Video on “Tobacco-Free Generation”
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