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 analyse the road crash data for Bengaluru city and select one to two high crash stretches of road and use the 5 e’s (i) Education; (ii) Enforcement; (iii) Engineering (roads as well as vehicles); (iv) Emergency care and (v) Environment to reduce the morbidity and mortality in that area. This work is supported by AXA in India

Cluster updates

Workshop on Professional medical associations and policy-making

by iphindia | May 15, 2019

Dr. Upendra Bhojani, India Alliance Fellow and Faculty at Institute of Public Health, was invited to participate in workshop and a discussion on "Professional medical associations and policymaking: perspectives from research and practice" organized by The...

Lecture on chronic interstitial nephritis in agricultural communities

by iphindia | May 8, 2019

Prof. Wim Van Damme Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp 13-May-2019 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

IPH participates in a tobacco control stakeholders meeting called by the state government

by iphindia | May 2, 2019

State Anti tobacco cell, Government of Karnataka had conducted a coalition meeting of all private stakeholders organisation working on tobacco control measures on 22nd April 2019 at Health Directorate. Dr Jagadish Joint Director - Medical , Dr Selvarajan Deputy...

National Conference on Tobacco or Health

by iphindia | Mar 7, 2019

The fourth edition of the 'National Conference on Tobacco or Health' concluded recently in Mumbai (8-10 February 2019). It saw a range of stakeholders across Indian states coming together in what the conference's organizing secretary described as the "Kumbh Mela" of...

A round-table discussion on preliminary findings of the Saferroads Bengaluru study

by iphindia | Mar 7, 2019

A round-table discussion was organized in city on 27th Feb, 2019 by Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru with the support of AXA Business Services under the banner of ‘Safer roads Bengaluru’ initiative. This was organised to discuss the issues pertaining to the...