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    Interviews

    1. Soumyadeep Bhaumik: International public health specialist from India on shortfalls in decolonizing global health and pathways ahead. McGill Global Health Perspectives. 2022(link)
    2. Interview on “How has Ayushman Bharat Scheme fared during COVID?” Healthcare Executive Magazine. September 2020 (link)
    3. Profiled on motivations for medical research as a young clinician in India in Lexiconin, a medical student run pan-India magazine in July 2014 ( link Page 26)
    4. Profiled on role as a researcher working in the South Asian Cochrane Centre in Wiley Asia Blog in January 2014

    Theme: Snakebite

    1. Research Coverage on global burden of snakebite study. The Indian Express November 10, 2022. (link)
    2. Research Coverage on global burden of snakebite study. The Print November 4, 2022 (link)
    3. Quoted on 58,000 Indians Die of Snakebites Every Year: Why Is It Still Neglected? The Quint September 2022. (link)
    4. Quoted on दुनिया भर में सांप काटने से सबसे ज़्यादा मौत भारत में, ये हाल तब है जब सारे मामले दर्ज नहीं होते . India Spend Hindi. March 2021 (link)
    5. Quoted on how health policy and systems research on snakebite is key to address the burden in India in The Delhi Post. March 2019 (link)
    6. Research Coverage on quality of clinical practice guidelines of snakebite in the BMJ. 2018 (link)
    7. Quoted onshortage and quality of snake anti-venom in Chemistry World, magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. June 2018 (link)
    8. Quoted on “India’s snakebite problem” in Fountain Ink Magazine. March 2014(link)

     Theme: COVID-19

    1. Research Coverage on pandemic agenda in South Asia. Hindustan Times. August 30 2021 (link)
    2. Research coverage on how guidelines and resulting prescriptions had “enabled others to engage in pandemic profiteering. The Telegraph, 8 June 2021(link)
    3. Quoted on need for non-pharmacological interventions to be able to sustain economic activity as COVID-19 cases go up in Kolkata, The Telegraph, November 2021( link)
    4. Quoted on need of health systems approach for managing COVID-19. The Telegraph (link)
    5. Quoted on recovery from COVID-19 second wave in India. ABC News. September 2021. (link)
    6. Quoted on COVID-19: India Has a Habit of Bad Clinical Trials. The Wire. 2021 (link)  
    7. Quoted on Covid: Sex workers and transgenders laud health department’s jab decision. The Telegraph. May 2021(link)
    8. Quoted on the rise of anti-science as Covid-19 cases explode. The Asian Age. May 2021 (link)
    9. Quoted on IITs ask Center for a Common Policy on Vaccinating its Scholars. News 18. May 2021(link)
    10. Quoted on Leaders at COVID-19 UN meet urged to put public at heart of pandemic response. Express Healthcare. December 2020 (link)
    11. Quoted on learning from COVID-19 for Indian Health system. The Forbes 2021. (link)
    12. Quoted on health system preparedness in “COVID-19 fatigue wilting frontline workers” Nature India. October 2020 (link)
    13. Quoted on Decoding Indian Railways’ COVID War Strategy. Healthcare Executive Magazine. June 2020. (link)
    14. Quoted on “The lockdown is revealing the yawning chasm between the urban and rural India”. Gaon Connection. April 2020.(link)
    15. Quoted on “Covid-19: Short of Protective Gear For Medics, Govt Recommends Unproven Preventive Drug.” Health Spend. March 2020. (link)

    Theme: Others

    1. Quoted on Building the Evidence Footprint in Indian policymaking in The Delhi Post. April 2019 (link)
    2. Quoted on “Treated water in diarrhoea zone”. The Telegraph. December 2019. (link)
    3. Quoted on the “Plotting the Long Road to Recovery of Healthcare Research” in India at Healthcare Executive Magazine. Jan 2018. Cover Story. (link)
    4. Quoted on need for community risk communication on revelation of confirmed Zika cases in India in The Scroll. July 2017 (link)
    5. Quoted on need for better regulations on long work hours of young doctors in India in The Indian Express. July 2015 (link)