Biography
Work as Senior technical specialist, Airborne infection control, FIND under “The Global fund” C19RM grant. First rank holder in MD Preventive and Social Medicine from India. Contributed to India’s National health programs for Tuberculosis, Poliomyelitis, HIV/AIDS, RCH. Awarded by Hon’ble commissioner for control of Leptospirosis outbreak in Mumbai. Worked with WHO, UNICEF, USAID, and ICMR for marginalized population like Street children, tribal population and most at-risk population for HIV/AIDS. Core expertise - health program design, implementation and evaluation. Contributory author to Government of India’s HIV testing guidelines 2007 and several publications to credit.
Key Impacts
Radiology a high-risk section for airborne infections including TB: Array of possible interventions in India
Improving ventilation (ACPH) in radiology section is challenging. Array of alternative solutions are creation of well-ventilated waiting areas; triage, segregation and fast tracking of TB and respiratory symptoms patients; provision of mask to these patients by HCF; identified dedicated machines (digital x-ray, USG) for these patients; token systems for crowd management; segregated radiology facilities for vulnerable patients like pregnant mothers, and children; separate x-ray facility in TB OPD. New radiology facilities should have well-ventilated waiting areas and implement above-mentioned interventions.
Source: Conference 2024