Transforming research outcomes into public health gains: An urgent priority to #endTB
Channel: CNS
Date: 2017-09-14

As part of Shanti Devi Memorial Health Justice Lecture series, in September 2017 the online lecture/ e-talk was delivered by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. She spoke on "Transforming research outcomes into public health gains: An urgent priority to #endTB".

Dr Soumya Swaminathan is a distinguished name in health research with seminal medical research and clinical contribution to not only TB, childhood TB, but also spearheading initiatives on combating anti-microbial resistance (AMR), neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), as well as other critical public health challenges. Prior to heading ICMR, she was the Director of prestigious National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), an ICMR institute in Chennai, India.

Know more about Shanti Devi Memorial Health Justice Lecture Series here: www.bit.ly/sdmcns 

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