The closely contested final of Cricket World Cup and Wimbledon Men’s singles not only glorify the two wonderful sports but also demonstrate the potential and competitive ability of humankind. Vikash R Keshri For quite some time, I was not following sports closely except the soccer World Cup 2018. During growing up years and college days,… Continue reading Prodigious Display of Human Capacity

The AES outbreak in North Bihar must be taken as another opportunity for India to reflect and brainstorm to decide a way ahead for future health systems Vikash R Keshri  Since June 2, 2019, the extremely sad and disturbing news filtering out from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and its adjoining districts, of young children dying from a… Continue reading Lessons from Muzaffarpur

By Vikash R Keshri In the elections of the 1980s and 1990s, roti, kapda and makan (food, clothes and shelter) dominated the political discourse. Gradually, the issue of bijli, sadak and pani (electricity, road and water) took over. Although the previous issues were never resolved completely, the newer issues effectively pushed the political debate in a new direction. The digression of issues in electoral discourse… Continue reading Are Political Parties Serious About Healthcare?

Vikash R. Keshri Food is probably one of the most essential requirements for the existence of human life. There are only two natural sources of food; Animal and Plant. Due to millions of years of evolution, the human being could take itself out from the cycle of the food chain. Ultimately the food consumed by… Continue reading Healthy Food for Healthy Life and Healthy Planet

The eastern state in Hindi-heartland continues to outperform peers in one of the most effective indicators of the overall health system’s performance. Bihar is probably one of the most underestimated and often derided state in India. looking deeper into the number of bad and bizarre news emerging from the state so frequently, the derision may… Continue reading From a Usual Suspect to an Unusual Winner: The case of declining Maternal Mortality Ratio in Bihar

This blog post is part of a wider HSG blog series to celebrate Internation Women’s Day 2018. In this series, HSG members provide their perspectives on why gender should be a critical component of UHC, and what we can do about it.  Salla Atkins – Associate professor, New Social Research and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere Vikash… Continue reading ENSURING “G” IN UHC: REDRESSING GENDER FOR EFFECTIVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

Vikash R Keshri, Nov. 2016 In this short blog I hope to explain how the two-week KEYSTONE course (23 February-6 March) in Delhi has transformed me by giving me a much wider field of vision. In these two weeks, it’s safe to say that I was pretty much “reborn” as a health policy and systems… Continue reading The Great Transformation: from public health professional to health policy and systems researcher in just two weeks

Vikash R Keshri, January 2018 Bihar is one of largest state in eastern India. With population of more than 110 millions, health indicators of the state are very worrisome. During last decade very significant progress was made, leading to tremendous improvement in health indicators. Two factors probably played important role; first, the launch of national… Continue reading Adding Blocks to Building Health Systems: Generating evidences for health policy making in Bihar, India

Innovative internet platforms and their impact on accountability Over a year ago, I suffered from an unusual fever with severe weight loss. Fifteen days into the fever, desperately despondent and confused about the cause of my ailment, being a medical doctor myself, I realized that this was not just any ordinary infection. I consulted a… Continue reading Doctor: Guess who is watching?