Health Advocacy
Saranga Panwar
Public Health Consultant
New Delhi
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
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Work History
- Part of the organizing team of ‘Universal Healthcare Day’ 2022 at Varanasi chaired by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health, Have been a part of organizing team for multiple programmes organized by MoHFW at regional
- National level, Assisted Dte
- GHS in undertaking review of Emergency departments of 3 Central Govt Hospitals in Delhi to find out the gap areas, prepared reports and recommendations, Part of the resource group for developing Pre-Hospital Trauma Technician (PTT) certificate course developed by Ministry of Health & FW, Part of various Technical Resource Group (TRG) in formulating Technical and operational Guidelines, Part of the resource group for developing Pre-Hospital Trauma Technician (PTT) certificate course developed by Ministry of Health & FW, Part of Technical Resource Group (TRG) in formulating Technical and operational Guidelines for Rehabilitation Units in Trauma Centres, Organized multiple National & regional workshops on “How to develop Trauma Care Action Plan”, Technical inputs provided on Detailed Accident Report (DAR) Format developed by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for claim tribunal of road accident victims, as per Hon’ble High Court’s guidance, Related experience in health systems, data analysis and situation analysis, Trained in Statistics and use of Statistics Software like SPSS & STATA
Senior Consultant (Public health Policy & Planning Division)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
11.2021
- More than 10 years Experience in Public Health Programme at National Level, Centre-State collaborative activities, supportive supervision to the States in strengthening Public Healthcare services, Coordinator for National Blood Cell NHM, Hemoglobinopathies, dealing with developing relevant documents & material for National Sickle Cell programme to be implemented in Tribal population States targeting primarily 7 crore tribal population for screening, Thalassemia & other genetic disorders, Examination of PIPs under NHM and giving comments, Developing key performance indicators (KPIs), SOPs/minimum standards for the prog, Supportive supervision to the States/Hospitals in strengthening services, Assist in implementation of National plan for augmenting national capacity in efficiently and swiftly responding to the Emergency & Trauma care at tertiary as well as at primary healthcare level, Support analyses and impact of the currently available/in-use strategies and technical guidelines for responding to the Emergency & Trauma Care from pre-hospital level to health facility level management (surveillance, epidemiology, case management and data analyses) and assist in carrying out improvements in health service delivery, essential inputs to States to support improved response to emergency care and better health outcome, Assist in facilitation of evaluation of existing support in having met the desired outcomes through field-based studies and analyses of epidemiological data in terms of mortalities and mortifies due to various emergency conditions, Examination of PIPs under NHM and giving comments on T & B proposals, developing key performance indicators (KPIs), SOPs/minimum standards for the prog, Developing technical documentation and operational guidelines to guide the States/UTs on Prog implementation, Technical inputs provided for drafting Primary Healthcare Guidelines for Emergency Care for Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness centres, developed under NHM, IT enabled Injury surveillance system by developing a network of surveillance in Emergency Departments of District Hospitals, Medical College Hospitals and center of Excellence at national levels, Instrumental in developing First Aid course in consultation with AIIMS and WHO, Participated in 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th Common Review Mission (CRM) held by National Health Mission (NHM) and assisted the Central teams (Uttarakhand, Kerala, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Prdaesh & Madhya Pradesh) in preparing reports; Uttarakhand’s report was adjudged the best in 9th CRM, winning a first prize in report writing category in a nation-wide assessment by the MoHFW, preparation of EFC notes/cabinet notes, Strengthening health units at the Points of Entry i.e
- Pre-hospital care, definitive care and rehabilitation aspects for effectively detecting, treating and handling Emergencies, Coordination activities such as- Organize meetings/workshops/conferences at the Developing technical documentation and operational guidelines to guide the States/UTs on Prog implementation, Technical inputs provided for drafting Primary Healthcare Guidelines for Emergency Care for Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness centres, developed under NHM, Participated in 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th Common Review Mission (CRM) held by National Health Mission (NHM) and assisted the Central teams (Uttarakhand, Kerala, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh) in preparing reports; Uttarakhand’s report was adjudged the best in 9th CRM, winning a first prize in report writing category in a nation-wide assessment by the MoHFW, preparation of EFC notes/cabinet notes, IT enabled Injury surveillance system by developing a network of surveillance in Emergency Departments of District Hospitals, Medical College Hospitals and center of Excellence at national levels, Strengthening health units at the Points of Entry i.e
- Pre-hospital care, definitive care and rehabilitation aspects for effectively detecting, treating and handling Emergencies, Instrumental in developing First Aid course in consultation with AIIMS and WHO, Coordination activities such as- Organize meetings/workshops/conferences at the National/Regional level, Design and develop multiple course content for academic courses and training programs related to Emergency care and first-aid, Public Finance Management, knowledge of CSS rules, GFR Rules, formulation/revision of budget estimates (BE)/Revised Estimates (RE), matters pertaining to signing of MoUs, provide financial inputs required for NITI Ayog, PMO, BOP Division etc., prepare sanction orders as per GFR, 2017, handle PFMS related activities and handle grants, UCs and SoE for states, Experience of working in Disaster Situation (Have been a part of the team during Kedarnath Disaster od Uttarakhand in 2013).
Education
B.Sc -
University College of Medical Sciences (UCMTS & GTB Hospital), Delhi University
MHA - undefined
Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, HIHT University Dehradun
PGDSCM - undefined
Amity University (online mode)
PhD - undefined
Amity University Noida, UP
Skills
Road Traffic Accidents data analysisHealth Systems StrengtheningResearch & analysisProgram ManagementTechnical AssistancePublic Finance ManagementStakeholder ManagementMonitoring & EvaluationDesigning & Developing course contentResearch & Feasibility StudiesReport Writing & DocumentationSOFTWARE SKILLSExcellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Access, QuickBooks and InternetCompetent in usage of SPSS and SAS software, AI SKILLS
Computer Skills
Active Listening
Flexible and Adaptable
Data Management
Problem-Solving
Critical Thinking
Dependable and Responsible
Trainings Attended
- A Trainer for first aid training for general public
- Attended webinar on ‘hazard identification and risk Assessment’ organized by National productivity Council (NPC) under Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Attended webinar on ‘Transparency in Public Spending through e-procurement (Policy & procedures)’ organized by NPC
- Participated in E-workshop on ‘Conflict management & negotiation.’ Organized by NPC, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Participated in organizing World Trauma Congress held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in 2016
- Participated in Regional Workshop for South-East Asia of International Road Federation Geneva, held at Indian Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, Delhi in 2015
- Participated in Training on Injury Surveillance organized by World Health Organization, SE-Asia team, held at WHO India office in Africa Avenue in 2014
- Attended 4th National Summit on Good Practices in Healthcare organized by NHM in Indore, MP in 2017
- Attended annual conferences held by National Academy of Burns India in Delhi
- Attended National Conference on Wound care Management conducted by NABI in Delhi in collaboration with NPPMBI in 2016
References
References shall be provided on request.
Accomplishments
Have been instrumental in organizing various high level events involving Union Ministers and higher officials of Government of india. Following events have been successfully organized:
-Launch of National Sickle Cell Ananemia Elimination Mission by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India onn1st July, 2023 from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh
-Universal Health Coverage Day, 2022 at Varanasi with CM Uttar Pradesh as Chief Guest
-2 Regional Conferences of Community Health Officer at Nashik and Varanasi
-Regional Conference of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM ABHIM) in Lucknow, 2022
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Affiliations
Full time Public Health Consultant in Public Health Policy & Planning Division of Ministry of Health under National Health Mission
Interests
Global Health Initiatives
Public Health Events
Research and Publications
Continuous Learning:
Community Engagement
Timeline
Senior Consultant (Public health Policy & Planning Division)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
11.2021
B.Sc -
University College of Medical Sciences (UCMTS & GTB Hospital), Delhi University
MHA - undefined
Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, HIHT University Dehradun
PGDSCM - undefined
Amity University (online mode)
PhD - undefined
Amity University Noida, UP