SHARE INDIA Projects

- ongoing
The Longitudinal Indian Family Health (LIFE)

• Population based cohort study

• Enrollment of pre-pregnant women and follow
up children
• 1227 enrolled
• Eldest child now 8 years
• Objectives - to assess the effect of pre-natal
and pregnancy factors and their impact on
pregnancy, childbirth and child development
Mycoplasma genitalium, differentiated Ureaplasma species, and
pregnancy outcomes

• Study on LIFE samples

• Objectives - The role of pre-pregnancy and
prenatal vaginal infections (Mycoplasma
genitalium, differentiated Ureaplasma species)
in pregnancy outcomes
 Mobility and Independent Living in Elders
Study – MILES
• Population based cohort of elderly
• 562 men and women aged ≥ 60 yrs
• Objectives is to define the prevalence,
incidence and risk factors for disability and
age-related chronic diseases
Technology Enabled Community Health Workers to Extend
Telemedicine to Rural homes at Affordable costs - TETRA

• To demonstrate the effectiveness of a low cost

strategy anchored on community health workers
equipped with point-of-care devices and
networked with a high qualified doctor at a
hospital via video call (Skype) using internet
enabled tablet PCs to deliver highly personalized
chronic care for hypertension and diabetes at the
doorsteps of beneficiaries in rural communities
Empowering Indian Health Researchers with Computational Modeling
Tools

• NIH – Fogarty center funded project

• Collaboration with University f Pittsburgh and
IIPH-H
• Administrative supplement on agent based
modelling of HIV in Telangana state
 HEaLthy Pregnancy ( HELP) Study
• Institution (MIMS) based cohort of 1000
pregnant women
• Objectives – t
– to identify markers for pregnancy related
hypertensive disorder
– association between these markers and maternal
and fetal outcomes.
 Caesarean Surgical Site Infection (CSSI)
Study
• Institution (MIMS) based study
• To study Incidence of caesarean surgical site
infection, following the Caesarean Section
 Technical Support to
National AIDS Control Program
India
 Project LaQSH- Laboratory Quality Systems in
HIV
• To provide technical Assistance to scale up routine
Viral load, strengthen HIV testing Laboratory Testing
Network under National AIDS Control Programme
(NACP)
• Status - Ongoing
• Funder - CDC under the PEPFAR; 5 years project
 Project “NISCHIT”- National Initiative to
Strengthen & Coordinate HIV/TB Response”

• To provide technical assistance to

institutionalize referral netwroks, prophylaxis
and delivery of Anti Tuberculosis Treatment
(ATT) among PLHIV on ATT & ART
• Status – Onging
• Funder – CDC under PEPFAR, 5 years project
 Strengthening TB Action and Response

• To build institutional capacity to improve

airborne infection control, health care worker
surveillance, TB laboratory quality, drug-
resistant TB treatment and adherence in
Mumbai City
• Status – Ongoing
• Funder – CDC under GHSA