Dr. Priya Venkat
Associate Professor, AIIMS New Delhi · Public Health
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About
Dr. Priya Venkat is an Associate Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS New Delhi and a public health researcher whose work focuses on India's non-communicable disease burden and health system preparedness. She writes for NT to bridge the gap between peer-reviewed evidence and public understanding of health policy decisions.
Credentials & Background
MD Community Medicine, AIIMS (2009). PhD Public Health, Johns Hopkins (2013). Associate Professor, AIIMS New Delhi.
Recent Pieces by Dr.
India's NCD burden: the data that should be driving our health budget, but isn't
Non-communicable diseases account for 63% of deaths in India. Health budget allocation for NCD prevention: under 4%. A public health researcher explains the policy gap.
What NFHS-5 actually measured — and what it missed about malnutrition
NFHS-5 shows national improvements. But the confidence intervals on tribal sub-samples are wide enough to hide a crisis. Here is what the methodology note says.