Dr. Rakhal Gaitonde

Academic Qualifications

• PhD (Public Health), Umea University, Sweden, 2020
• MD (Community Medicine, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, 2003
• MBBS, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, 1997

Professional Record

• Senior Scientist, Centre for Technology and Policy (CTaP), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Dec 2015 - Oct 2017
• Research Associate & Coordinator Chennai Unit, Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action (SOCHARA), Bangalore, Jan 2007 - Oct 2013
• Research Officer (Senior Grade), Foundation for Research in Community Health (FRCH), Pune, July 2004 - June 2006
• Lecturer, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Apr 2003 - June 2004

Area of Interest

• Health Policy
• Implementation Studies
• Health Policy and Systems Research
• Health Inequity
• Environment and Occupational Health

Current Activities

• Teaching - Module on Health Policy Analysis
• Teaching - Module on Social Determinants of Health
• Co-Teaching - Module on Health Economics
• Completing PhD in Public Health

Fellowships

• Emerging Voices for Global Health - 2012

Membership

• Member - National ASHA Mentoring Group - Govt. of India
• Member - International Editorial Advisory Panel - The BMJ
• Member - Patient Advisory Panel - The BMJ
• Member - Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) under Health Technology Assessment India (HTAIn), Dept. of Health Research

Publications

Article

1. Gaitonde R, San Sebastian M, Hurtig AK, Dissonances and disconnects: the life and times of community-based accountability in the National Rural Health Mission in Tamil Nadu, India, BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20(1):1-12, https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-4917-0
2. Gaitonde R, Corruption - Taking a Deeper Dive: Comment on " We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems", International journal of health policy and management, 2019, 8(11):672 - 674, www.ijhpm.com/article_3659.html
3. Mathais K, Pillai P, Gaitonde R, Shelley K, Jain S., Co-production of a pictorial recovery tool for people with psycho-social disability informed by a participatory action research approach-a qualitative study set in India, Health Promotion International, 2019, 14-Jan-19, doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz043
4. Gaitonde R, Muraleedharan VR, San Sebastian Miguel, Hurtig Anna-Karin, Accountability in the health system of Tamil Nadu, India: exploring its multiple meanings, . Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019, 17-44, https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-019-0448-8
5. Shukla A, Gaitonde, Health Systems in Future India, In Kothari A, Joy KJ (eds). Alternative Futures India Unshackled. AuthorsUpFront. Delhi., 2017,
6. Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R, Srinivas PN, Subraminaniam S, Chidambaram P, Grace CA, Health Equity Research: A Political Project, In Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R editors (2017). Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Singapore, Springer Nature, 2017,
7. Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R, Srinivas PN, Structural drivers of inequities in Health, In Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R editors (2017). Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Singapore, Springer Nature, 2017,
8. Gaitonde R, The Role of the Health System, In Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R editors (2017). Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Singapore, Springer Nature, 2017,
9. Gaitonde R, Research on Inequities and Inequalities. In Health In India: A mapping of the field., In Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R editors (2017). Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Singapore, Springer Nature, 2017,
10. Gaitonde R, Conceptual Approaches to Examining Health Inequities, In Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R editors (2017). Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Singapore, Springer Nature, 2017,
11. Ravindran TKS, Gaitonde R (eds), Health inequities in India: A synthesis of the recent Evidence, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2017,
12. Gaitonde, R., San Sebastian, M., Muraleedharan, V.R. and Hurtig, A.K.,, Community Action for Health in India?s National Rural Health Mission: One policy, many paths., Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 188; 82-90, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953617304197
13. Gaitonde R, Oxman AD, Okebukola PO, Rada G., Interventions to reduce corruption in the health sector., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD0088, https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008856.pub2/abstract
14. Gaitonde R, Tamil nadu ? A critical engagement., In Qadeer I (ed) India: Social Development Report 2014: Challenges of Public Health, New Delhi , Oxford University Press., 2015,
15. Rangamani S, Obalesha K B, Gaitonde R, Health issues of sanitation workers in a town in Karnataka: Findings from a lay health-monitoring study, National Medical Journal of India, 2015, VOL.28 NO.2 Pgs 70-73, http://archive.nmji.in/archives/Volume-28/Issue-2/Short-Report.pdf
16. Gaitonde R, Registration and monitoring of pregnant women in Tamilnadu , India: a critique, Reproductive Health Matters, 2012, Vol 20. No. 39. 118-24, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/S0968-8080%2812%2939619-5
17. Gopichandran V, Gaitonde R, When the patient?s family refuses care: a practical ethical dilemma. Case study, . Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 2011, Vol VIII No 4, https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30927729/194cs250.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1554712000&Signature=JZY3KUeB1DQeDbVks6V2gB%2Fx7IA%3D&response-content-disposition=inl
18. Gaitonde R, Bj?rndal A, Oxman AD, Okebukola PO, Ongolo-Zogo P, Interventions to reduce corruption in the health sector (protocol)., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD008
19. Gaitonde, R, Community Medicine: Incorporating Gender Sensitivity., Economic and Political Weekly, 2005, XL:18. 1887-1892, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4416575