CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

World Health Organization

1. Completed data validation exercise for their report Regional Health Situation, 2008
2. Prepared country level questionnaire on health information system, 2008
3. Participated as Biostatistician in the Informal Consultative Meeting on Estimation of Malaria Disease Burden in India, 2007
4. Prepared Discussion Document for and Participated in Consultative Meeting on Regional Representation in Executive Board of WHO, Bangkok, 2007
5. Prepared the book “11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries”, 2007
6. Public Health Editor for various chapters of the Biregional Health Report for Asia and the Pacific, 2006
7. Participated in the International Consultation on Phase-IIB Trials for HIV Vaccines, New York, 2006
8. Drafted three chapters for WHO biregional report, 2005—Socioeconomic Trends, General Morbidity, and General Mortality
9. Collaborated for Health Information System and Regional Health Indicators, 2004
10. Temporary Adviser for Training Workshop on Tools and Methods for Health Measurement in South-east Asia and Western Pacific, Bangkok, 2004
11. Temporary Adviser in the Regional Workshop on Burden of Disease Estimation, Yangon (Myanmar), 2003
12. Collaborated for preparing a manual of National Burden of Disease analysis, Geneva, 2002
13. Temporary Adviser to Regional Consultation on Health System Performance Assessment, 2001
14. Participated in WHO training for health system performance assessment in Bali (Indonesia), 2000
15. Temporary Adviser to Meeting on Resource Allocation in WHO, Bangkok, 1999
16. Participated in WHO training for assessment of burden of disease (DALYs) in Lorne (Australia), 1999
17. Collaborated for studies on Human Development Index and Years-of-Life lost and prepared estimates for the states of India, 1998-99
18. Temporary Adviser for Meeting on Estimation Methodology of Maternal Mortality Around the World, 1998
19. Collaborated for preparing Human Development Index for states of India, 1998
20. Collaborated on writing a book on health statistics, Geneva, 1995
21. Temporary Adviser for analysis of data of child health studies, Pune, 1994
22. Collaborated on developing a standard programme of teaching health statistics, Geneva, 1988-89

UNAIDS

1. Part-time consultant for synchronization of HIV databases in countries of South Asia, 2001
2. Short-term Professional for setting up HIV databases in countries of South Asia, 2000
3. Organized and participated in Regional Meeting on HIV Databases, Manesar, 2000
4. Prepared comprehensive HIV database for India for their advocacy (SAPA) project, 1999-2000

The World Bank

1. Short-term consultant for resource allocation models for controlling HIV/AIDS in West Bengal, 2004
2. Short-term consultant for preparing a comprehensive report on epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in India, 2002
3. Short-term consultant for doing sensitivity analysis of estimates of HIV positives in India, 2002

Danish Assistance to National Programme for Control of Blindness (DANPCB)

1. Prepared computer package for rapid assessment of cataract blindness prevalence, 1996-97
2. Consultant for rapid assessment methodology of assessment of cataract blindness prevalence, 1996

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

1. Participated in Technical Consultation on Vaccine Trial Designs, New York, 2006