Hanna Niczyporuk (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies)

The symposium, Lessons for Global Health from India, held on Wednesday 20 June at the UCL Institute of Child Health was an occasion to discuss some of the latest research on India, and its implications for global health.

The event, organised by UCL Interdisciplinary Society for International Development together with the UCL Grand Challenge of Global Health and UCL Public Policy, gathered a collection of academic researchers, students, medical professionals and policy-makers, as well as think-tanks and NGO representatives.

Emphasis was placed on practical lessons that could be drawn from such research for addressing global health challenges and the implications for public policy at national, regional and global level.

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