Centre for Health Governance
Examining public health policy, healthcare infrastructure, and global medical diplomacy, with a focus on the institutional and political determinants of health outcomes.
Research Focus
The Centre for Health Governance tackles the complexities of global health security and the domestic political institutions through which health policy is made.
Pandemic preparedness: surveillance systems, surge capacity, vaccine and therapeutic stockpiles, and the lessons of COVID-19 for the next outbreak.
Equitable vaccine and pharmaceutical access: the political economy of intellectual property, compulsory licensing, and the South–South pharmaceutical trade.
Digital health infrastructure: the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, electronic health records, telemedicine, and the privacy implications of health data.
Health and foreign policy: vaccine diplomacy, the role of the WHO, and how health became a frontline of geopolitical competition.
Mental health and public policy: India's under-resourced mental health system, the National Mental Health Programme, and the policy implications of growing distress in young populations.