# Publications — Health systems and policy - 2025 — [[publications/2025-power-dynamics-and-intersectoral-collaboration-for-health-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-realist-rev-52c89c70.md|Power dynamics and intersectoral collaboration for health in low-and middle-income countries: a realist review]] — *Health Policy and Planning* - 2025 — [[publications/2025-parliamentarians-concerns-about-tobacco-and-indigenous-communities-in-india-a-qualitative-analysis-of-parl-6505e336.md|Parliamentarians’ concerns about tobacco and Indigenous communities in India: a qualitative analysis of parliamentary questions (1952-2022)]] — *medRxiv, 2025.04. 17.* - 2025 — [[publications/2025-health-system-drivers-of-caesarean-deliveries-in-south-asia-a-scoping-review-pop00102.md|Health system drivers of caesarean deliveries in south Asia: a scoping review]] — *The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia* - 2025 — [[publications/2025-finding-the-right-balance-challenges-in-optimising-the-promise-of-complexity-research-for-ncd-best-buys-im-00609cd1.md|Finding the right balance: Challenges in optimising the promise of complexity research for NCD best-buys implementation and adoption: Comment on “barriers and opportunities for …]] — *International journal of health policy and management, ijhpm.* - 2025 — [[publications/2025-a-realist-evaluation-of-the-implementation-of-a-national-tobacco-control-programme-and-policy-in-india-pop00060.md|A realist evaluation of the implementation of a national tobacco control programme and policy in India]] — *Health Policy and Planning* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-shaping-the-future-of-global-access-to-safe-effective-appropriate-and-quality-health-products-pop00051.md|Shaping the future of global access to safe, effective, appropriate and quality health products]] — *BMJ Global Health* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-navigating-intersectoral-collaboration-in-nutrition-programming-implementors-perspectives-from-assam-india-pop00049.md|Navigating intersectoral collaboration in nutrition programming: implementors’ perspectives from Assam, India]] — *Archives of Public Health* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-indian-rare-disease-stakeholder-mapping-pop00112.md|Indian rare disease stakeholder mapping]] — *medRxiv, 2024.07. 04.* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-implementation-strategies-for-maternal-near-miss-case-reviews-in-lics-and-lmics-a-scoping-review-protocol-pop00111.md|Implementation strategies for maternal near-miss case reviews in lics and lmics: a scoping review protocol]] — *Wellcome Open Research* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-health-technology-assessment-implementation-in-who-south-east-asia-region-a-realist-review-protocol-pop00110.md|Health technology assessment implementation in WHO South-East Asia Region: a realist review protocol]] — *Wellcome open research* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-health-policy-processes-in-india-institutions-interests-ideas-and-contemporary-debates-pop00089.md|Health policy processes in India: institutions, interests, ideas and contemporary debates]] — *Research Handbook on Health Care Policy* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-ecological-countermeasures-to-prevent-pathogen-spillover-and-subsequent-pandemics-pop00007.md|Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics]] — *Nature Communications* - 2024 — [[publications/2024-building-health-policy-and-systems-research-hpsr-capacity-in-india-reflections-from-the-india-hpsr-fellows-3795aebc.md|Building health policy and systems research (HPSR) capacity in india: reflections from the india HPSR fellowship program (2020–2023)]] — *Health research policy and systems* - 2023 — [[publications/2023-its-like-asking-for-a-necktie-when-you-dont-have-underwear-discourses-on-patient-rights-in-southern-karnat-0bb2e19a.md|“It’s like asking for a necktie when you don’t have underwear”: Discourses on patient rights in southern Karnataka, India]] — *International Journal for Equity in Health* - 2023 — [[publications/2023-response-to-correspondence-article-on-the-research-protocol-titled-towards-health-equity-and-transformativ-e3134218.md|Response to correspondence article on the research protocol titled Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act …]] — *Wellcome Open Research* - 2023 — [[publications/2023-a-realist-review-of-power-dynamics-in-the-implementation-of-intersectoral-collaborative-health-programmes--a186fcfb.md|A realist review of power dynamics in the implementation of intersectoral collaborative health programmes and policies in LMICs: Protocol]] — *Research Square* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-overcoming-structural-barriers-to-sharing-power-with-communities-in-global-health-research-priority-settin-fb143903.md|Overcoming structural barriers to sharing power with communities in global health research priority-setting: Lessons from the Participation for Local Action project in …]] — *Global public health* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-how-is-inclusiveness-in-health-systems-research-priority-setting-affected-when-community-organizations-lea-3d51a456.md|How is inclusiveness in health systems research priority-setting affected when community organizations lead the process?]] — *Health Policy and Planning* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-how-do-tobacco-control-policies-work-in-low-income-and-middle-income-countries-a-realist-synthesis-pop00037.md|How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis]] — *BMJ Global Health* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-factors-influencing-the-emergence-of-self-reliance-in-primary-health-care-using-traditional-medicine-a-sco-c2d4cc01.md|Factors influencing the emergence of self-reliance in primary health care using traditional medicine: A scoping review]] — *Indian journal of public health* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-crying-baby-gets-the-milk-the-governmentality-of-grievance-redressal-for-patient-rights-violations-in-karn-ab4d6ca4.md|Crying baby gets the milk? The governmentality of grievance redressal for patient rights violations in Karnataka, India]] — *BMJ Global Health* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-covid-19-vaccine-equity-a-health-systems-and-policy-perspective-pop00008.md|COVID-19 vaccine equity: a health systems and policy perspective]] — *Expert review of vaccines* - 2022 — [[publications/2022-coproducing-tobacco-control-knowledge-using-virtual-platforms-to-strengthen-implementation-in-india-pop00094.md|Coproducing tobacco control knowledge: Using virtual platforms to strengthen implementation in India]] — *Indian journal of public health* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-the-merit-privilege-examining-dubious-claims-of-merit-in-public-health-and-public-policy-pop00117.md|The merit privilege: examining dubious claims of merit in public health and public policy]] — *BMJ Global Health* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-sickle-cell-disease-in-india-a-scoping-review-from-a-health-systems-perspective-to-identify-an-agenda-for--d4e0b6f1.md|Sickle cell disease in India: a scoping review from a health systems perspective to identify an agenda for research and action]] — *BMJ global health* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-operationalising-the-one-health-approach-in-india-facilitators-of-and-barriers-to-effective-cross-sector-c-38a483db.md|Operationalising the “One Health” approach in India: facilitators of and barriers to effective cross-sector convergence for zoonoses prevention and control]] — *BMC public health* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-multilevel-governance-framework-on-grievance-redressal-for-patient-rights-violations-in-india-pop00053.md|Multilevel governance framework on grievance redressal for patient rights violations in India]] — *Health policy and planning* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-improving-access-to-medicines-for-non-communicable-diseases-in-rural-primary-care-results-from-a-quasi-ran-05f31123.md|Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural primary care: results from a quasi-randomized cluster trial in a district in South India]] — *BMC Health Services Research* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-covid-19-vaccine-equity-a-health-systems-and-policy-perspective-pop00118.md|COVID-19 vaccine equity: a health systems and policy perspective]] — ** - 2021 — [[publications/2021-beyond-numbers-coverage-and-cost-adaptive-governance-for-post-covid-19-reforms-in-india-pop00033.md|Beyond numbers, coverage and cost: adaptive governance for post-COVID-19 reforms in India]] — *BMJ global health* - 2021 — [[publications/2021-beyond-behaviour-as-individual-choice-a-call-to-expand-understandings-around-social-science-in-health-rese-20011507.md|Beyond behaviour as individual choice: a call to expand understandings around social science in health research]] — *Wellcome Open Research* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-what-should-community-organisations-consider-when-deciding-to-partner-with-researchers-a-critical-reflecti-b6ce30b9.md|What should community organisations consider when deciding to partner with researchers? A critical reflection on the Zilla Budakattu Girijana Abhivrudhhi Sangha experience in …]] — *Health Research Policy and Systems* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-what-role-can-health-policy-and-systems-research-play-in-supporting-responses-to-covid-19-that-strengthen--fa6f3cfa.md|What role can health policy and systems research play in supporting responses to COVID-19 that strengthen socially just health systems?]] — *Health Policy and Planning* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-towards-a-multilevel-governance-framework-on-the-implementation-of-patient-rights-in-health-facilities-a-p-d053566e.md|Towards a multilevel governance framework on the implementation of patient rights in health facilities: a protocol for a systematic scoping review]] — *BMJ open* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-the-post-covid-india-making-science-and-technology-socially-and-environmentally-relevant-pop00064.md|The Post-COVID India: Making science and technology socially and environmentally relevant]] — *Ecology, Economy and Society-the INSEE Journal* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-the-covid-19-pandemic-diverse-contexts-different-epidemicshow-and-why-pop00002.md|The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics—how and why?]] — *BMJ global health* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-predicting-disease-risk-areas-through-co-production-of-spatial-models-the-example-of-kyasanur-forest-disea-279d77b0.md|Predicting disease risk areas through co-production of spatial models: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India’s forest landscapes]] — *PLoS neglected tropical diseases* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-improving-primary-care-for-diabetes-and-hypertension-findings-from-implementation-research-in-rural-south--2350db66.md|Improving primary care for diabetes and hypertension: findings from implementation research in rural South India]] — *BMJ open* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-improving-access-to-medicines-for-non-communicable-diseases-in-rural-primary-care-results-from-a-cluster-r-3163dbd5.md|Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural primary care: Results from a cluster randomised trial in a district in south India]] — ** - 2020 — [[publications/2020-examining-tribal-health-inequalities-around-three-forested-sites-in-india-results-of-a-cross-sectional-sur-0fcf5c35.md|Examining tribal health inequalities around three forested sites in India: Results of a cross-sectional survey]] — *Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-covid-19-and-informal-settlements-an-urgent-call-to-rethink-urban-governance-pop00010.md|COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance]] — *International Journal for Equity in Health* - 2020 — [[publications/2020-animal-bite-and-rabies-case-recording-investigating-and-reporting-forms-for-the-national-action-plan-for-e-1fc550be.md|Animal bite and rabies case recording, investigating, and reporting forms for the national action plan for eliminating dog mediated rabies from india]] — *University of Glasgow* - 2019 — [[publications/2019-towards-health-equity-and-transformative-action-on-tribal-health-theta-study-to-describe-explain-and-act-o-71dcd07a.md|Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act on tribal health inequities in India: a health systems research …]] — *Wellcome Open Research* - 2019 — [[publications/2019-implementation-research-with-the-soliga-indigenous-community-in-southern-india-for-local-action-on-improvi-edb68a5b.md|Implementation research with the Soliga indigenous community in southern India for local action on improving maternal health services]] — *Giridhar and Nuggehalli Srinivas, Prashanth, Implementation Research With …* - 2019 — [[publications/2019-affirmative-action-minorities-and-public-services-in-india-charting-a-future-research-and-practice-agenda-pop00040.md|Affirmative action, minorities, and public services in India: Charting a future research and practice agenda]] — *Indian journal of medical ethics* - 2018 — [[publications/2018-towards-a-healthy-india-pop00120.md|Towards a healthy India]] — ** - 2018 — [[publications/2018-preparedness-for-delivering-non-communicable-disease-services-in-primary-care-access-to-medicines-for-diab-5d732e7a.md|Preparedness for delivering non-communicable disease services in primary care: access to medicines for diabetes and hypertension in a district in south India]] — *BMJ global health 2 (Suppl 3)* - 2018 — [[publications/2018-perceptions-of-the-quality-of-generic-medicines-implications-for-trust-in-public-services-within-the-local-ac6bd8f3.md|Perceptions of the quality of generic medicines: implications for trust in public services within the local health system in Tumkur, India]] — *BMJ global health 2 (Suppl 3)* - 2018 — [[publications/2018-perception-of-health-care-staffs-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-and-of-potential-barriers-toward-contai-0b49c527.md|Perception of health-care staff's knowledge, attitudes, and practices and of potential barriers toward containing antibiotic resistance in public health-care facilities of …]] — *Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health* - 2018 — [[publications/2018-perception-of-health-care-staffs-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-and-of-potential-barriers-toward-contai-b5756543.md|Perception of health-care staff's knowledge, attitudes, and practices and of potential barriers toward containing antibiotic resistance in public health-care facilities of …]] — ** - 2017 — [[publications/2017-mental-health-in-primary-health-care-the-karuna-trust-experience-pop00075.md|Mental health in primary health care: The karuna trust experience]] — *The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural Perspectives on Global Mental Health …* - 2017 — [[publications/2017-health-system-preparedness-and-access-to-medicines-for-non-communicable-diseases-at-primary-care-experienc-3a0b4c72.md|Health system preparedness and access to medicines for non-communicable diseases at primary care: experience from a south Indian district]] — *TROPICAL MEDICINE &INTERNATIONAL HEALTH* - 2017 — [[publications/2017-enhancing-the-autonomy-of-indian-nurses-pop00031.md|Enhancing the autonomy of Indian nurses.]] — *Indian journal of medical ethics* - 2017 — [[publications/2017-building-health-worker-capacity-through-training-and-supervision-pop00097.md|Building health worker capacity through training and supervision]] — *A health policy and systems research reader on human resources for health* - 2017 — [[publications/2017-a-health-policy-and-systems-research-reader-on-human-resources-for-health-pop00024.md|A health policy and systems research reader on human resources for health]] — *World Health Organization* - 2016 — [[publications/2016-improving-access-to-medicines-for-non-communicable-diseases-in-rural-india-a-mixed-methods-study-protocol--d42581a3.md|Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural India: a mixed methods study protocol using quasi-experimental design]] — *BMC health services research* - 2016 — [[publications/2016-fair-publication-of-qualitative-research-in-health-systems-a-call-by-health-policy-and-systems-researchers-pop00016.md|Fair publication of qualitative research in health systems: a call by health policy and systems researchers]] — *International Journal for Equity in Health* - 2015 — [[publications/2015-capacity-building-and-performance-in-local-health-systems-pop00122.md|Capacity building and performance in local health systems]] — *UCL-Université Catholique de Louvain* - 2014 — [[publications/2014-evaluation-of-capacity-building-program-of-district-health-managers-in-india-a-contextualized-theoretical--eee912cd.md|Evaluation of capacity-building program of district health managers in India: a contextualized theoretical framework]] — *Frontiers in public health* - 2014 — [[publications/2014-building-on-the-egipps-performance-assessment-the-multipolar-framework-as-a-heuristic-to-tackle-the-comple-1f04ae0c.md|Building on the EGIPPS performance assessment: the multipolar framework as a heuristic to tackle the complexity of performance of public service oriented health care organisations]] — *BMC Public Health* - 2014 — [[publications/2014-advancing-the-application-of-systems-thinking-in-health-a-realist-evaluation-of-a-capacity-building-progra-b4a43f5c.md|Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: a realist evaluation of a capacity building programme for district managers in Tumkur, India]] — *Health research policy and systems* - 2013 — [[publications/2013-evaluating-healthcare-interventions-answering-the-how-question-pop00047.md|Evaluating healthcare interventions: Answering the 'how' question]] — *Indian Anthropologist* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-towards-universal-health-coverage-an-operational-manual-for-states-in-india-pop00125.md|Towards universal health coverage: An operational manual for states in india]] — *Bangalore: IPH UHC Team, Institute of Public Health* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-how-does-capacity-building-of-health-managers-work-a-realist-evaluation-study-protocol-pop00017.md|How does capacity building of health managers work? A realist evaluation study protocol]] — *BMJ open* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-health-systems-global-the-new-international-society-for-health-systems-research-pop00066.md|Health Systems Global, the new international society for health systems research]] — *Health policy and planning* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-five-years-of-the-national-rural-health-missionwhat-lessons-for-policy-pop00124.md|Five years of the national rural health mission–what lessons for policy?]] — *BMC proceedings* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-first-national-conference-on-bringing-evidence-into-public-health-policy-ephp-2010-bangalore-india-10-11-d-31875723.md|First national conference on bringing evidence into public health policy (EPHP 2010) bangalore, india. 10-11 december 2010. Abstracts]] — *BMC proceedings 6 (Suppl 1), I1-P* - 2012 — [[publications/2012-2nd-conference-on-bringing-evidence-into-public-health-policy-ephp-2012-strengthening-health-systems-to-ac-05e621d3.md|2nd conference on bringing evidence into public health policy (EPHP) 2012: strengthening health systems to achieve universal health coverage, Bangalore, India, 5-6 October 2012]] — ** - 2011 — [[publications/2011-tumkur-health-status-report-pop00081.md|Tumkur health status report]] — *Bangalore: Institute of Public Health, Bangalore* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-stronger-guidance-needed-on-lifelong-care-for-chronic-diseases-pop00086.md|Stronger guidance needed on lifelong care for chronic diseases]] — *The Lancet* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-stronger-guidance-needed-on-lifelong-care-for-chronic-diseases-pop00129.md|Stronger guidance needed on lifelong care for chronic diseases]] — *Lancet (London, England)* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-public-private-partnerships-and-health-policies-pop00048.md|Public private partnerships and health policies]] — *Economic and Political Weekly* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-health-systems-research-and-the-gadchiroli-debate-a-plea-for-universal-and-equitable-ethics-pop00068.md|Health systems research and the Gadchiroli debate: a plea for universal and equitable ethics]] — *Indian Journal of Medical Ethics* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-good-governance-in-health-care-the-karnataka-experience-pop00019.md|Good governance in health care: the Karnataka experience]] — *The Lancet* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-factors-influencing-receipt-of-iron-supplementation-by-young-children-and-their-mothers-in-rural-india-loc-ea8aee75.md|Factors influencing receipt of iron supplementation by young children and their mothers in rural India: local and national cross-sectional studies]] — *BMC public health* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-a-critique-of-the-draft-national-health-research-policy-2011-pop00067.md|A critique of the draft national health research policy 2011]] — *Economic &Political Weekly* - 2011 — [[publications/2011-and-then-the-dessert-arrived-global-health-dichotomies-pop00098.md|... And then the dessert arrived: Global health dichotomies]] — *Health Affairs Forefront* - 2010 — [[publications/2010-under-reported-deaths-and-inflated-deliveries-making-sense-of-health-management-information-systems-in-ind-4c87056f.md|Under reported deaths and inflated deliveries: making sense of health management information systems in India]] — *International Conference on Health Systems Strengthening*