Completed Research Projects

 

  1. The Meghalaya Public Health Strengthening Project; Funded by Sauramandala Foundation Bangalore;  PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2025; Duration: 22 months.

  2. The risky behavior among adolescents and their level of awareness, utilization and expectations from the adolescents friendly health clinics in Meghalaya; Funded by National Health Mission, Government of Meghalaya; PI: Dr Tiameren Jamir; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 12 months.

  3. Cost Effective Analysis on Thiamine Supplementation among postpartum women to prevent infantile Beri-Beri; Funded by: Regional Resource Hub, Directorate of Health Research , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 36 months.

  4. Teenage pregnancy and its influencing factors: a qualitative study in Meghalaya; Funded by National Health Mission, Government of Meghalaya; PI: Dr. Tiameren Jamir; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 12 months.

  5. Assessing out of pocket expenditure of tuberculosis patients in Meghalaya; Funded by National Health Mission, Government of Meghalaya; PI: Prof. Sandara Albert, Dr Eliza Dutta; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 12 months.

  6.  Knowledge, Attitude and, Practices regarding HIV/AIDS, injecting drugs and sexual practices among truckers and allied population in East Jaiñtia Hills of Meghalaya; Funded by National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi; PI: Dr Melari Shisha Nongrum; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 5 months.

  7. Training &Awareness Program for ASHA/Anganwadi/MDM Kitchen / Fair Price Shop Dealer on fortification of food /ruco/high sugar, salts; Funded by Office of Food Safety, Government of Meghalaya; PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 24 months.

  8. Estimation of cost-effectiveness threshold (CET) for India; Funded by PGIMER, Chandigarh; PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 36 months.

  9. Cost -Effectiveness of Pradhan Mantri Janaushadi Pariyojna (PMJP) and its impact on financial risk protection in India; Funded by Department of Health Research, MoHFW, Government of India; PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2024; Duration: 36 months.

  10. Evaluating the effectiveness of Social Audit in Meghalaya; Funded by Meghalaya Society for Social Audit and Transparency, Shillong; PI: Prof. Sandra Albert; Completion Year: 2023; Duration: 24 months.

  11. Optimization of Supplementary Nutrition Provisions of the Integrated Child Development Services of India; Funded by CBCI Society for Medical Education; Completion Year: 2022; Duration: 4 months.

  12. Understanding the reasons for registered injecting and oral drug users to simultaneously inject drugs and take oral substitution therapy in Meghalaya – in collaboration with Meghalaya AIDS Control Society; Funded by National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi; PI – Melari Shisha Nongrum; Completion Year: April 2022

  13. Situational Analysis and Understanding influencing factors to address delays in cancer healthcare seeking in Meghalaya funded by ICMR- NCDIR. PI is Dr Sandra and Co-PI is Dr Rajiv Sarkar. (2021 – 2022). 
  14. Regional Consultation on Universal Health Coverage: A community perspective (2020), in collaboration with SEWA and NEN, Funded by WHO.
  15. Informal Women Worker’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (May 2020). Done in collaboration with SEWA and NEN, Funded by WHO
  16. Exploring the reasons behind refusal of vaccines in Meghalaya- with support and funding from Directorate of Health Services (MCH &FW), Government of Meghalaya (2017-18)
  17. Cost effectiveness analysis of hypothermia detecting devices, Funded by DHR under RRH-HTAIn
  18. Economic evaluation of i-Stat (point of care testing device), Funded by DHR, under RRH-HTAIn
  19. Impact assessment of the SALT (Stimulate, Appreciate, Learn, and Transfer) approach of community engagement to increase immunisation coverage through ownership – a mixed methods study in Assam, India (2016-18). The project was led by (PI) Prof Sandra Albert, Director and Professor, IIPH-S, Funder: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29688845/
  20. A situational analysis and exploratory study of disease burden based on data from tertiary care hospitals in Shillong, Meghalaya. Funded by Government of Meghalaya (2015-2016).
  21. Schools as a setting for Comprehensive Health Promotion: Preventive, Promotive, Curative, Referral and outreach services. (2015-16). Funded by WHO (grant awarded to PHFI for 3 states, IIPH Shillong undertook the northeast activities).
  22. Voices for health. Public Engagement Seminar on Cancers in the Northeast (2016). Funded by Wellcome Trust.
  23. Opportunities of poor urban women to engage with health policies in an indigenous context-Strengthening Evidence-based Policy. A Case Study of Shillong, Meghalaya, India. As part of the Empowerment of Women and Girls project. Collaborative work with IDS. (2014-2015). Funded by DFID.
  24. Medical Pluralism among the indigenous peoples of Meghalaya, Northeast India – Implications for health policy. Funded by Wellcome Trust, UK (2012-2014): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25753562/