Advocacy for stronger road safety and transport legislation in India

The overall purpose of the project is to advocate for an effective national road safety legislation in India. Key objectives included to generate support from Karnataka towards introduction and passage of the Road Transport and Safety Bill (RTSB) in the Indian parliament and to work with relevant government authorities for rapid formulation and notification of Rules (RTSB) without further dilutions for effective implementation by the state government. This work was funded by the Global Road Safety Partnership/ IFRC

Cluster updates

IPH, Bengaluru staff participate in the 5th National Conference on Tobacco or Health

by Praveen Rao | Oct 15, 2021

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

by Anand Kumar | Sep 17, 2021

‘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

by Anand Kumar | Aug 23, 2021

(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...

Anusthana’s protocol paper published in BMJ

by Yogin V A | Jul 1, 2021

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

by Anand Kumar | Jun 14, 2021

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)

by Anand Kumar | Apr 20, 2021

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...

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