Bharat Randive, PhD

Pune, India

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Staff

Study Coordinator

Bharat Randive, PhD

Bharat Randive is a public health researcher having more than 15 years of experience in conducting clinical and health systems research in India.

He is currently coordinating the implementation of short-course TB preventing therapy (3HP) for high-risk population in collaboration with Aurum Institute, South Africa, JHU and B J Govt Medical College, Pune, India. This is first large-scale demonstration project in India involving use of short course Rifapentine and Isoniazid (3HP) as alternative to six months of IPT for TB prevention.

He is also managing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded program Global Action in Healthcare Network (GAIHN) - Antimicrobial Resistance, India Enhanced infection control and prevention driven by targeted surveillance for carbapenem- and colistin-resistant Gram-negative organisms planned to be implemented at five large medical institutions in India.

He has recently managed Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) SHEPheRD funded studies aimed at understanding the epidemiology of neonatal sepsis including analysis of antimicrobial resistance patterns which followed cohort about 10,000 neonates admitted in the selected NICUs and implemented a quality improvement initiative—Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce health care associated sepsis in NICUs in Pune, India.

After his initial training in Indian System of Medicine, he received PhD in global health from Umea University, Sweden. His research work has been focused on maternal health policy in India. He has closely worked with health systems in India, and has designed and conducted evaluations of large-scale national health programs. He has experience in quantitative and qualitative research. He has presented at various international conferences and published in reputed journals.

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Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 in India (ECO-19)

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2020-07-09

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This study was terminated May 25, 2021 This is a prospective cohort study of adults with suspected COVID-19 to address key knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of disease severity and poor clinical outcomes in India. Results from this study may help clinicians in India focus limited health resources...

Evaluating the Source of Neonatal Bloodstream Infections due to Classically Hospital Acquired Pathogens in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India

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2018-07-12

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Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College

This study is part of CDC's Safe Healthcare, Epidemiology, and Prevention Research Development (SHEPheRD) Program under Domain 7: International HAI and Other Adverse Healthcare Event Prevention. The PIs for this study are Dr. Julia Johnson of Johns Hopkins and Dr. Shilpa Naik of BJGMC. CoPIs...

Implementing the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India

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2018-04-19

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This study is part of CDC's Safe Healthcare, Epidemiology, and Prevention Research Development (SHEPheRD) Program under Domain 7: International HAI and Other Adverse Healthcare Event Prevention. Dr. Aaron Milstone is the PI, and Dr. Amita Gupta and Yuka Manabe are Co-PIs. The Study...

Healthcare-Associated Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India

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2017-01-17

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This study is part of CDC's Safe Healthcare, Epidemiology, and Prevention Research Development (SHEPheRD) Program under Domain 7: International HAI and Other Adverse Healthcare Event Prevention. Johns Hopkins neonatologist Dr. Julia Johnson is lead investigator for a systematic study of the...

RePORT India

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2012-06-30

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Hinduja Hospital

RePORT India is a joint venture between the Indian and US governments. The Indo-US Vaccine Action Program, a collaboration between the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the US NIH, is co-funding six teams of India- and US-based...

High Burden of Bloodstream Infections Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India

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2020-05-18

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to newborns in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study in three tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Pune, India, to describe the epidemiology of neonatal bloodstream...

The availability of emergency obstetric care in the context of the JSY cash transfer programme in Madhya Pradesh, India

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2016-05-18

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Abstract Background: Since 2005, India has implemented a national cash transfer programme, the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides women a cash transfer upon giving birth in an existing public facility. This has resulted in a steep rise in facility births across the...

Assessment of the quality of clinical documentation in India's JSY cash transfer program for facility births in Madhya Pradesh

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2016-02-15

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International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Abstract Objective: To gain insight into the quality of care in facilities implementing the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) cash transfer program in Madhya Pradesh, India, by reviewing the level of documentation in the clinical records of women who delivered. ...

Availability and distribution of safe abortion services in rural areas: a facility assessment study in Madhya Pradesh, India

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2015-03-20

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Global Health Action

Abstract Background: Unsafe abortion contributes to a significant portion of maternal mortality in India. Access to safe abortion care is known to reduce maternal mortality. Availability and distribution of abortion care facilities can influence women's access to these...

Inequalities in institutional delivery uptake and maternal mortality reduction in the context of cash incentive program, Janani Suraksha Yojana: Results from nine states in India

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2014-12-15

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Social Science and Medicine

Abstract Proportion of women giving birth in health institutions has increased sharply in India since the introduction of cash incentive program, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in 2005. JSY was intended to benefit disadvantaged population who had poor access to institutional care for...

Quality of obstetric referral services in India's JSY cash transfer programme for institutional births: a study from Madhya Pradesh province

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2014-05-08

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PLoS One

Abstract Background: India launched JSY cash transfer programme to increase access to emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) by incentivising in-facility births. This increased in-facility births from 30%in 2005 to 73% in 2012 however, decline in maternal mortality...

India's conditional cash transfer programme (the JSY) to promote institutional birth: Is there an association between institutional birth proportion and maternal mortality?

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2013-06-27

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PLoS One

Abstract Background: India accounts for 19% of global maternal deaths, three-quarters of which come from nine states. In 2005, India launched a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), to reduce maternal mortality ratio (MMR) through promotion of...

Effective coverage of institutional deliveries under the Janani Suraksha Yojana programme in high maternal mortality provinces of India: analysis of data from an annual health survey

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2013-06-17

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The Lancet

Abstract Background Three-quarters of India's maternal deaths come from nine (of 35) provinces. In 2005, the government launched a conditional cash transfer programme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), to reduce maternal mortality through promotion of institutional deliveries (ID)...

Availability of treatment for eclampsia in public health institutions in Maharashtra, India

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2013-03-15

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Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition

Abstract Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are common causes of maternal deaths worldwide and more so in developing countries. Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) is now the most-recommended drug of choice to treat these conditions. Despite favourable policies for the use of MgSO4...

Contracting in specialists for emergency obstetric care—does it work in rural India?

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2012-12-31

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BMC Health Services Research

Abstract Background: Contracting in private sector is promoted in developing countries facing human resources shortages as a challenge to reduce maternal mortality. This study explored provision, practice, performance, barriers to execution and views about contracting in...

Public private partnerships for emergency obstetric care: lessons from Maharashtra

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2011-01-15

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Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Abstract Background: The National Rural Health Mission of India advocates public private partnerships (PPPs) to meet its "service guarantee" of Emergency obstetric care (EmOC) provision. The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) has a provision of Rs. 1500 for contracting in...

Are we really making motherhood safe? A study of provision of iron supplements and emergency obstetric care in rural Maharashtra

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2007-11-30

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National Medical Journal of India

Abstract Background: The Government of India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 to improve healthcare delivery and strengthen the public health system. Prevention and management of anaemia during pregnancy and access to quality emergency obstetric care...