Bio
Dr. Sandul Yasobant is an Assistant Professor (Public Health) & transdisciplinary scientist at the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India. A top 2% scientist (Stanford list), public health professional, he brings over one and a half decades of experience in One Health, Climate Health operational research in India & abroad. At the IIPHG, he leads COHERD, OHNI. He also leads the Global One Health Working Group in Germany and serves as a Steering Committee Member (Asia Pacific Region) at the Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade, One Health Mentor at the ECHO Network and HSG. Additionally, he has been serving as an Editor-in-Chief at the Dialogues in Health (Elsevier, ScienceDirect) since 2022. He has received his postdoctoral training and doctoral degree from the University of Bonn, Germany. Beyond work, he is a Passionate Traveller! Enthusiastic Writer! Discerning Epicure!
Educational Journey
University of Bonn
PhD in Public Health in Faculty of Medicine • Faculty of Medicine
2020Sikkim Manipal University
Master in Business Administration (Healthcare Management) in Healthcare Management • Healthcare Management
2016Sri Ramachandra University
Master in Public Health (Occupational & Environmental Health) in Department of Environmental Health Engineering • Department of Environmental Health Engineering
2013Experience
Post Doctoral Fellow
2022 - Present • Global Health, Institute for Hygiene & Public HealthInstitute of Public Health
Assistant Professor
2015 - Present • Department of Public Health ScienceAdjunct Faculty
2010 - Present • School of Epidemiology and Public HealthEditors Role
Editor-in-Chief
Dialogues in Health (Elsevier, ScienceDirect)
2022 - PresentAffiliations
Global One Health Working Group in Germany
Leader
Member since 0Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade
Steering Committee Member (Asia Pacific Region)
Member since 0ECHO Network and HSG
One Health Mentor
Member since 0Grants and Awards
Intersectoral Collaboration and Health Services during COVID19 in Ahmedabad, India
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Co-creating One Health workforce through Health system strengthening in Western India: One Health System Strengthening in India (OHSSIN)
German Alliance for Global Health Research
Sustainable and safe dairy production systems in India and Denmark: A One Health exploration
Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science
A One Health approach to an emerging national threat in India: Defining the landscape epidemiology of Chandipura virus
University of Sydney
Multidrug resistance patterns in pathogens associated with Bovine Mastitis: A One Health study in India
University of Sydney
Strengthening Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Early Warning in Urban Animal Markets- A Focused Approach to High-Risk Populations in India (Kolkata & Kochi)
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI)
Towards Inclusive One Health: Stakeholder Perspectives in ASEAN
Asia Centre for Health Security
Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in Community Health Centres through Mentoring Support in Gujarat, India
UNICEF
Development of standard operating procedures of climate resilient and water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
UNICEF
lnnovative Approaches to Improve Private Sector Engagernent for Intergated Disease surveillance in Gujarat, India
World Bank
Summer One Health School Program: Strengthening One Health Education in Southeast Asia
SEAOHUN
Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Health: Evaluating Hygiene Protocols and Crafting Training Modules for Labor Rooms in Rural Central India
Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute
One Health Surveillance Approach Focusing on High-Risk Occupations to Identify Hotspots of Zoonoses in India
United States Department of Defense
Strengthening Detection of High-Consequence Pathogens Through Innovative One Health Training Networks of Women Veterinarians
EpiPointe
Developing an integrated Dengue Surveillance system through One Health Approach
Nordic Council of India (SAGE)
Passive Cooling for Heat Protection: A Perception and Social Acceptability Study on Cool Roof Interventions in India
University of Heidelberg
REFLECT - A cRCT evaluating the effects of cool roofs on health, environmental and economic outcomes: a global multi-centre study
Wellcome Trust
Green & Climate Resilience Healthcare Facilities in Dahej, Gujarat
Astral Foundation
Green & Climate Resilience Healthcare Facilities in Gujarat
UNICEF
Economic evaluation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions in Indian healthcare facilities
WHO
City Heat Action Plan
NRDC
Bihar Cold & Heat Action Plan
BSDMA
Ahmedabad Heat Health Project
NRDC
Co-creating One Health workforce through Health system strengthening in Western India (One Health System Strengthening in India-OHSSIN)
German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA)
Cross-sectoral collaborations for prevention & control of zoonotic diseases: A case study of human and animal disease surveillance systems in Gujarat, India
Health System Transformation Platform (HSTP)
Towards the development of One Health Early Warning Systems: Autopsy of surveillance systems for climate-sensitive diseases in India
Sustainable Development Goal Fellowship Fund
Impact Assessment of the Jan Chikitsa Seva in the rural communities of Gujarat & Odisha
GMDC
Process Evaluation & Impact Assessment of the Health Screening Camps
UNM Foundation
Assessment of Mobile Medical Units in selected geographies of Gujarat, India
Gujarat State Petronet Limited
Arogya Swasthyakendra An initiative to create healthy healthcare facilities through strengthening the system to improve WASH in Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) in Sundarbans, India
TdH
Closing the Gaps in TB Care Cascade
USAID
Intersectoral Collaboration and Health Services during COVID19 in Ahmedabad, India (CoV-Intersect)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health Care Facilities in Canning Subdivision, West Bengal
Terre des Hommes (TdH)
Research to explore Intersectoral collaborations for One Health Approach (RICOHA) in Ahmedabad, India
Ministry of Science, Research and Culture
Improving WASH in HCFs of Assam
UNICEF
WASH practices of maternity units & Maternal outcomes: Interventional trial
Centre for Environmental Health (CEH)
Assessment of country capacity in initiating integrated disease surveillance system with climate data in three countries of South-East Asia Region (Bhutan, Thailand, Sri Lanka)
World Health Organization- South-East Asia Region Office (WHO-SEARO)
Promoting adolescent health and empowerment through demonstration of convergence of health programs in Gujarat, India
MacArthur Foundation
Improving access to diagnostic and preventive services for Hepatitis B in rural areas of Gujarat, India
BMS Foundation
Improving Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Healthcare facilities of selected states in India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra)
WHO SEARO
MATIND (Phase-III)- Maternal health in India- Evaluation of state led Public Private Partnership scheme Chiranjeevi Yojana in Gujarat, India
EU-FP7
Research
Obstetric Care Performance: A Situational Analysis of 24×7 Primary Health Centres from Gujarat, India
Primary Health Centers are the cornerstone of rural healthcare in India. Updating these centers to provide round the clock services to reduce the unmet need for maternal healthcare; is an important objective of National Rural Health Mission since 2005. Yet, functionality of PHCs to provide 24x7 services remains poor due to several health system issues. The present cross-sectional facility based study evaluates the functioning of rural 24x7 primary health care facilities in 3 districts of Gujarat for obstetric care performance and its predictors. The study used pretested questionnaire for collecting data from all PHCs of study areas in 2012-13. Obstetric care performance was measured as number of deliveries conducted in last 3 months. Current study found that the obstetric care performance is independent of infrastructure or logistics situation but highly dependent availability on the skilled human resource. There is urgent need for a systematic study to evaluate performance of public health facilities along with use of routinely collected data to make the system efficient.
