As part of the lecture series titled ‘Dialogues on Development‘, the Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development, DAVV in collaboration with Choithram College of Nursing organized a lecture by Dr. Siddharth Agarwal on 13 December 2024 at Choithram IB auditorium, Choithram campus, Indore on the theme ‘Achieving Universal Health Coverage in India: Prospects and Challenges’.
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About the Speaker
Dr. Siddharth Agarwal is a physician by training and has worked in the fields of research and programming in public health, nutrition, community empowerment, urban health, policy support to National and State governments and towards global public health policy advocacy. He has been working for the cause of wellbeing, nutrition and health of disadvantaged populations for the past 26 years. He is the Founder and Director of Urban Health Resource Centre, a non-profit organization that works to address health, nutrition, wellbeing of 500,000 disadvantaged urban dwellers through demonstration programs in partnership with slum communities and government departments, and also engages in research, policy support and advocacy. He is an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Urban Health, the former President of International Society for Urban Health and member of several national and international committees on public health/urban health.
