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SAI Event Topic : Global Health

Global Health Delivery by Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla, Nepal

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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:00pm

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Room 106/107 at 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115 and online via Zoom

Mangal Rawal

Join us to learn how a medical university in the most remote village of Nepal sets an example for the world and how resource-limited institutes like KAHS collaborate with Harvard Medical School for advancing evidence and innovation in Global Health.

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Private insurers as purchasing intermediaries in publicly financed health insurance: Lessons from India’s Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

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Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:00pm

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CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge ST

India launched the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) in 2018 to provide cashless healthcare coverage for hospitalization to the poorest 40 percent of the population. The scheme forms an important component of the country’s journey towards universal health coverage. In this presentation, the institutional structures associated with the organization of purchasing arrangements in the PMJAY will be examined, with a focus on comparing the performance of government trusts versus private insurance companies[…]

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Book Talk: “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History”

Register for the “Phantom Plague” Book Talk On World Tuberculosis Day, this panel will discuss the history of the spread of tuberculosis, particularly among the most vulnerable populations across the globe, and lessons to be learned from historical public health crises and failures. Vidya Krishnan, Author and Journalist Discussant: Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in […]

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Healthcare in Asia – Post Pandemic

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Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 08:30am

Register for Session 2 of our “Post-Pandemic: Driving Inclusive Growth” Seminar Series Session 3 takes place on March 16th! In a region containing over half of the world’s population and key global powers such as China and India, the pandemic has caused massive shifts in healthcare, economics, and education that affect billions. This series aims […]

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Post Pandemic: Economics and Social Policy Driving Social Cohesion in Asia

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Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 09:30am

Register for Session 3 of our “Post-Pandemic: Driving Inclusive Growth” Seminar Series In a region containing over half of the world’s population and key global powers such as China and India, the pandemic has caused massive shifts in healthcare, economics, and education that affect billions. This series aims to catalyze research on what steps can […]

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The Right to Health and Universal Health Coverage

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Mon, Oct 18, 2021 from 08:00am — 09:30am

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Webinar

Watch the talk on YouTube  The webinar is a joint Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System event with the Centre for Health Equity, Law and Policy on the interlinkages between right to health and universal health coverage. The panel will discuss the right to health as a foundational framework for design and implementation of universal health coverage, with particular […]

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An Epidemiological Perspective on Whether There Will Be a Third Wave of COVID-19 in India?

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Fri, Aug 27, 2021 from 09:00am — 09:45am

6:30pm IST // 9:00am EST Register for the talk As India experiences substantive health and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the webinar proposes to focus on emerging COVID-19 variants, how vaccines can adapt to these new variants, and how India can mitigate a potential third wave. Keeping in mind the scale and severity of […]

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The COVID-19 Crisis in India: Voices from the Frontline

Watch on YouTube Panelists: Mirai Chatterjee, Director, Social Security Team, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Ajay Nair, Chief Executive Officer, Swasth Sunita Rani, ASHA Worker and Secretary, ASHA Workers Union Haryana Priyadarsh, Yumetta Foundation Moderator: Sreenivasan Jain, Journalist and Reality Check Host, NDTV Description: The webinar will be a panel discussion about the frontline efforts to manage the devastating COVID-19 pandemic […]

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The COVID-19 Crisis in India: What is the Way Forward?

Watch on YouTube Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System Public Webinar Series, in collaboration with Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force Panelists: Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College Peter Piot, Director and Handa Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics […]

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