Improving health in India
New publication shows how the school is working in partnership to address critical health challenges old and new.
India has emerged as a global economic power, but millions still suffer from curable infectious diseases and malnutrition, and the increasingly urban population faces an emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases.
School researchers have been engaged with partners in India for many decades, and we are now working with government agencies, universities, entrepreneurs, NGOs and community groups, inspired by a common vision to build effective health systems that provide access to diagnosis, treatment and care for all.
Download the standard .pdf of the report. [3.4 MB]
Download the interactive version of the report. [16.2 MB]
New approaches to mental health
Vikram Patel, Professor of International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, is a founder of Sangath, a pioneering health NGO in Goa. He also leads the Public Health Foundation of Indias Centre for Mental Health. On 9 October, Vikram presented recently published findings on suicide, youth mental health and well-being in India.
TEDGlobal Sep 2012 - Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by involving all.
"Depression, a forced silence within" by Vikram Patel - Article in 'The Hindu', 9 October 2012
