Vandana Shah

Vandana Shah is the regional director, South Asia programs, for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and Global Health Advocacy Incubator. Shah leads policy and program development interventions in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries. She has supported policy campaign and health systems strengthening programs in tobacco control, obesity, cardiovascular health, drowning prevention and gender issues. Formerly, she was the executive director of the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund, a state foundation where she was responsible for developing and implementing statewide public health programs.

Snapshot from a time when it's far from normal: women carry cattle fodder through a mustard field on Earth Day, amid the coronavirus lockdown, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on April 22, 2020. This is a stunning photo showing three women with large bales of freshly cut plants on their heads walking through a field thrown into a yellow hue because of the flowering mustard greens. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Governance

Expanding Health-Care Access in Times of Coronavirus

by Om Prakash Bera, Vandana Shah

Health and wellness centers have expanded access to primary health-care services in Punjab, India—even in the pandemic