Safer roads Bengaluru
This proposed project primarily aims to enhance the implementation of various provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2017, in Bengaluru city of Karnataka state. We will
Cluster updates
IPH Bengaluru team attend 6th NCTOH
Faculty and staff from the Cluster on Chronic Health Conditions & Public Policy at the Institute of Public Health (IPH) Bengaluru attended the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) organized by the International Institute of Health Management...
IPH faculty member Dr. Upendra Bhojani participated in ITM Colloquium in Katmandu, Nepal
Dr. Upendra Bhojani, Faculty & DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior fellow at the Institute of Public Health Bengaluru participated in the 64th ITM Colloquium 2023. The Colloquium, jointly organised by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp) and the Nepal...
National Consultation on ‘Implementation of Tobacco Control Policies in India’
India has comprehensive tobacco control policies in place to address the growing problem of tobacco use, but their effectiveness differs among states due to diverse socio-economic, demographic, cultural, political, commercial, and geographical factors. Using a realist...
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.
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...
Duration of project
(2018-2019)
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