Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO) under the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit within the Environment, Climate Change, One Health, and Migration Department Objective The objective of this project is to evaluate the occurrence of PFAS throughout the water cycle to better understand their presence in drinking water. This [...]
Funding agency: World Health Organization (WHO). Objective The objective of this project is to assess the health impacts of ingested PFAS, especially those present in drinking water, by applying and refining methodologies developed in Phase 1. It further seeks to generate high-quality evidence to support the development of WHO health-based [...]
Funded by: DIWAS Objective The project aimed to systematically assess the extent to which national and international diabetes mellitus clinical practice guidelines incorporate sex-specific (biological) and gender-related (socio-cultural) variations in diabetes risk, diagnosis, clinical management, and outcomes. Methodology A structured guideline review framework was applied to evaluate sex and gender [...]
Funding agency: International Society of Infectious Diseases/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Objective The study aimed to generate robust evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) in tertiary care facilities across India, addressing the growing public health threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Methodology A multi-methods research design [...]
Funding agency: World Health Organization Objective The objective was to systematically map existing human observational evidence particularly Case Fatality Rates (CFRs) to assess the toxic potency of pesticides in real-world poisoning events. The review sought to support refinement of the WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which currently relies [...]