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Oommen C. Kurian Profile picture
@oommen
Aug 14, 2020 • 10 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
#Thread #UHC #AyushmanBharat

As the #DigitalHealthMission gets launched tomorrow, a thread of some of my work for ORF on India's health information ecosystem.

Tracking health and nutrition targets: Four recommendations for India orfonline.org/research/track… via @orfonline
Overcoming data challenges in tracking India’s health and nutrition targets orfonline.org/research/overc… via @orfonline
Can a data revolution help India achieve its health goals? orfonline.org/research/can-a… via @orfonline
Health data should leave no Indian behind orfonline.org/research/healt… via @orfonline
Establishing a global framework for follow up and review of SDGs orfonline.org/expert-speak/g… via @orfonline
What gets measured gets done orfonline.org/research/what-… via @orfonline
Tracking SDG targets on health and nutrition: Challenges and opportunities for streamlining surveys orfonline.org/research/track… via @orfonline
Health equity through transparency and accountability orfonline.org/research/healt… via @orfonline
With BJP, Congress Batting For Universal Health Care, Data Can Inform Voter Choice orfonline.org/research/with-… via @orfonline
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Health as a poll issue: We need better reporting and evidence-informed narratives orfonline.org/research/healt… via @orfonline

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Oommen C. Kurian Profile picture
Mar 8
#Thread
"The scheme initially got off to a slow start, and in the first six years of operation, until 2015, only 80 #JanAushadhi Kendras were functioning. However, the pace of expansion accelerated and between 2016 and 2025, around 14,000 new Kendras have been established." 1/n
"The scheme had outpaced the government’s deadline, achieving the goal of opening 10,000 Kendras well before the March 2024 target. The next target of opening 15,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras by March 2025 was also achieved, beating the deadline by two months." 2/n Image
"Currently, every district in India has Jan Aushadhi Kendras. The most significant expansion occurred in 2024–25, with a record 3796 new kendras, bringing the count to 15057, despite apprehensions from segments of pharma industry " 3/n
Avg population covered by kendras (2025) Image
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Oommen C. Kurian Profile picture
Apr 14, 2021
#Thread

Recommendations:

1. Aggressive coverage of priority population groups, followed by phased opening up to younger populations based on supplies.

2. Include all adults, including those below 45, with severe co-morbidities into the priority population group.
3.Urgently approve & deploy a broader mix of vaccines.

4. Ramp up manufacturing capacity.

5. Address vaccine hesitancy.

6. Monitor, collate, and transparently report on Adverse Events Following Inoculation (AEFIs).

7. Public advocacy campaign on mask wearing & safe behaviour
8. Bans on mass gatherings and venues for large
congregations.

9. Community led, decentralized tracing, testing,
and isolating and community monitoring.

10. Scaling up RT-PCR testing, with data on
vaccinations.

11. International travel: (7-day institutional quarantine)
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Oommen C. Kurian Profile picture
Mar 31, 2021
A lot being written about Brazilian regulator "rejecting" Covaxin. I'll wait for more information to emerge to ensure larger pharma interests are not in play.

3 factors:

1) WHO's BB inspection didnt find anything.
2) Lower half of the map
3) Read paper(gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/…)
1: WHO's inspection report of @BharatBiotech's facilities (who.int/immunization_s…) . They seemed happy. Now, unless things degraded fast, I'm surprised why Brazilian team would find anything fishy. ImageImage
Brazil was the ONLY prominent developing country opposed to India and South Africa's joint proposal to the WTO against vaccine monopolies. The strange map says it all. Image
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Oct 1, 2020
#AntigenTests #Masks #Lockdown
India now has the highest daily recorded Covid19 new cases and deaths in the world, with cases and deaths plateauing.

There are many who think India bungled its Covid19 response badly. Here’s a #thread examining the claim. 1/n @orfonline
Let’s start with the #lockdown.

It’s now become fashionable to act as if the early & decisive lockdown was an unmitigated disaster. However, the aim of the lockdown was to hit a pause button in a time of almost complete uncertainty. It helped the health system prepare well. 2/n
It can be debated how it was implemented, whether we dragged on for too long, etc. But at that point in time,the lockdown, a blunt instrument was all we had to keep damage low & to buy time. Now, armed with low mortality stats, we cannot complain it didnt eradicate the virus. 3/n
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Aug 18, 2020
#Thread

I remember answering long questions from the author of this piece. Guess they didn't find my inputs on the invisible (& imaginary for now)catastrophe alarmist enough.

India's invisible catastrophe: fears over spread of Covid-19 into rural areas theguardian.com/global-develop…
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Aug 17, 2020
The official response from The Hindu on #KuchBhiResearch is based on a strawman argument. It asserts that the flawed method was called "fudging of data". NO.
The "experts" systematically used wrong data to overestimate multiplication factor and published wrong numbers.@orfonline
"One can differ with the writers’ methodology & their estimate, which is based on a raw factor of multiplication and ...... but that does not diminish their plea for a robust health data system."
Talk about how charlatans hijack a genuine demand from researchers for data release.
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