Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta

Clinical outpatient & inpatient duties in Pediatrics Department including General Pediatric ward and Sick Newborn Care Unit (SCNU). Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently. Establishing Level II PICU and upgrading SCNU to level III. Supervision & Mentoring of Medical Officers, Resident Doctors, Staff Nurses & Covid19 Vaccination programme. Looking after Prevention, Control & Treatment of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children, Perinatal & Congenitally acquired infections in newborn ( TORCH), HIV & Congenital Syphilis, Vector Borne Diseases, Diarrhea Control Programme, Management of children with Acute Severe Malnutrition & Universal Immunization Programme. Chairman of Various Technical Committees of Health & Family Welfare Department. Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.

Adolescent Health Service

Instrumental for planning, construction & operationalization of 4 New Secondary Care Hospital Projects of Government of NCT of Delhi & enhancement of bed capacity of various existing hospitals to match WHO bed population ratio norms. Additional Director of School Health Programme & supervised & implemented weekly iron folic acid programme, dewormin programme, fluorosis mitigation programme and school health check up programme. Instrumental in establishing medical services for children with substance abuse. Established 07 juvenile De-addiction centers with inpatient facility in Public Hospitals of Government of Delhi. & made them operational by recruiting manpower and preparing Standard Operative Procedure. Instrumental for launch of MR vaccine in school going girls in 2017. Member of committee of Delhi Government to recommend HPV vaccine for young school going girls to prevent carcinoma cervix.

• Administration of 200 bedded Multi-specialty Government Hospital
• Launch of Indoor & Emergency Services at this new Hospital
• Nodal Hospital for management of moderate to severe dengue cases during Major Dengue Epidemics In Delhi.
• Recruitment of manpower ( resident doctors)
• Preparing Tender Documents
• Purchase Procedures

Clinical and Administrative duties as Head of Department of Pediatrics and Level III Neonatal ICU. Supervision and Monitoring of specialists, medical officers and resident doctors. Outpatient and inpatient duties. In-patient management of infants and children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition. Overall supervision of Pediatrics Department. Immunization against Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Diarrhea Control Programme, Prevention, diagnosis & management of neonatal perinatal infections like HIV including congenital infections

(TORCH) & congenital syphilis.

Technical Head of National AIDS Control Programme of Delhi.

Special Achievements:-

1. Seven year experience of implementing National AIDS Control Programme in Delhi during 3rd phase of NACP and launch of NACPIV.

2. Evaluated performance of last decade (2004-2014) of Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Programme of Delhi to identify gaps/ challenges in retention of patients in continuum of HIV care to improve the service delivery during NACP-IV. Published in World Journal of AIDS, 2014.

3. Showcased by operational research that ‘Early Diagnosis of HIV in infants by DNA PCR should actually happen early enough for early initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) in HIV positive infants by 3 months of age to save lives’, when till such time nationally no such guidance existed. Published in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics ( UK), 2013

4. Operational research to improve outcome of TB/HIV coinfected patient: -A new model for cross-referrals between ICTCs, ART Centers and RNTCP facilities was developed & rolled out in May, 2012. The strategy reduced the number of patients who lost to follow-up during cross-referrals by 60% and enhanced ART initiation during TB treatment by 64% compared to NACP-III. Published in AIDS Care ( UK), 2012

5. Instrumental in planning, roll-out, and implementation of financial assistance scheme of Delhi Govt. for PLHIV & Children Affected By AIDS, including orphan children in 2010. The scheme has successfully entered into 10th year of its implementation & 5257 beneficiaries have been prospectively enrolled for cash transfers, including 5150 PLHIV, 107 AIDS orphans & 26 Children Affected by AIDS. Published Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies ( UK), 2012

6. Instrumental in development and roll out of Country’s First Toll Free 24X7 Telephone Post Exposure Prophyalxis Helpline to guide health care workers in case of occupational exposures to blood / body fluids, which is first in any developing country and third globally. The impact assessment of this helpline was published in Occupational Medicine (U.K.) in 2015.

7. Conducted a study in 100 private hospitals of Delhi in 2014 and showcased ‘policy makers’ about poor implementation of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in most of the private hospitals, which has policy implications for national & international policy makers. Published in AIDS care (2015).

8. Successfully completed the 12 weeks course ‘Principles of HIV & STD Research’ from University of Washington, USA in 2014 through NACO, Govt of India at New Delhi.

9. Mentored MPH students of Boston University, USA online in IH 744 Project in 2014 on recommendation of Project Director, Delhi SACS.

10. Adolescent Reproductive & Sexual Health Trainer- undertook training at Lund University, Sweden through Swedish International Development Agency in 2008. Established first University Model Youth Friendly Health Centre at JMI University, Delhi

10. Received Indian Council of Medical Research Award (Dr M.K. Sheshadri Prize/ICMR award) for research in Community Medicine for the year 2014

Clinical Work & Hospital Administration. Coordinator of Pulse Polio Immunization Programme right from its inception in Delhi in 1994 till 2002. Training of resident doctors in child health, immunization, critical care of newborn & children, prevention of hospital acquired infections & vector borne diseases & congenital infections in newborn.

Clinical & Reserach work in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ( Level IV) including neonatal sonography and clinical/operational research in high risk neonates. Special areas of clinical research undertaken include neonatal sepsis, large for gestational age infants, hospital acquired infections in Neonatal ICU, Hearing screening in at risk neonates by Auditory Brainstem Evoked Responses, Neuro-Sonography in routine evaluation of preterm, LBW and neonates with HIE,meningitis/ventriculitis/hydrocephalus etc, complex seizure disorders in children, neurophysiological investigations in cortical and spinal myoclonus. Assistant Editor of Cardiology Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics.