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
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.
