Shefali Malhotra

Shefali Malhotra is a health policy researcher based in New Delhi. She is a fellow in global journalism at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. 

India's yoga guru Baba Ramdev practices yoga on the banks of the river Ganges ahead of International Yoga day, in the northern town of Haridwar, India, on June 19, 2020.
Governance

Tackling the Wellness Infodemic on Social Media

by Shefali Malhotra

India introduces regulations on health influencers

Delivery worker Devender Singh, who works for Licious, an online meat store, rides his bike on a deserted road, in New Delhi, India, on April 6, 2020.
Poverty

India’s Gig Workers

by Shefali Malhotra

The death of a food delivery boy reveals obstacles in health-care benefits

A man in a red shirt stands in profile and weeps as his mother is being treated inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, in Bijnor District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 11, 2021. Photo by REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Poverty

"10 Bed ICU" Brings Intensive Care Units to India's Rural Towns and Villages

by Shefali Malhotra

A collaboration between business experts, nonprofit organizations, and India's government is making it happen