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Kaushik Bharati

Public Health Consultant
dr.kaushik.bharati@gmail.com

Kaushik Bharati is a public health consultant based in New Delhi. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta in 2001 and postdoctoral fellowship from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK. He has subsequently been working in various scientific capacities at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, and the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana. His major research areas include infectious diseases, virology, public health, and health policy. He has published extensively in reputed national and international journals and is currently on the editorial board of several bio-medical journals from India, China, UK, and USA.

Posts by Kaushik Bharati

Kerala vaccination policy: Is it feasible for other states too?

In a drastic step to ensure that all children below five years of age are fully vaccinated, the Kerala government introduced a draft health policy in February 2018, which made vaccination compulsory f...

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The resurgence of chikungunya in India: How should we tackle it?

The number of reported cases of chikungunya – a mosquito-borne viral disease – has been increasing in India in recent years, especially during 2016-2017. In this article, Kaushik Bharati discusse...

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Recognition of snakebite as a neglected tropical disease: What does it mean for India?

In June this year, the WHO placed snakebite envenoming on its list of top-20 priority neglected tropical diseases. In this article, Dr Bharati contends that India, which has the highest burden of snak...

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Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur: Why has vaccination failed to make an impact?

Vaccination is the mainstay of prevention strategies for Japanese encephalitis – the child killer disease that recently caused many deaths in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. In this article, Dr Kaushik B...

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Zika virus: Is it a potential threat to India?

The WHO recently reported the first three laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus disease in India – all in the state of Gujarat. In this article, public health consultant Kaushik Bharati discusses...

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