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Emily Das

Emily Das

Senior Technical Lead - Research TCIHC, PSI India

Emily Das is Senior Technical Lead - Research TCIHC, at PSI India. She leads the monitoring and evaluation of The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) in India. She is a senior program researcher with more than 16 years of experience in planning and implementation of M&E activities of various projects relating to MNCHN programs in India. Trained as a demographer with a Ph.D. degree from IIPS, Mumbai, she is skilled at designing large-scale sample surveys, processing and managing cross-sectional and longitudinal data on population, health and nutrition. She has a proven track record in promoting timely availability and use of data and research findings for program decision and advocacy efforts. Prior to joining PSI, Emily worked as Deputy Director-MLE at Abt Associates and Technical Advisor-MLE at IntraHealth International, where she was responsible for the design and implementation of all monitoring and research components of the projects. She has substantial experience on working with web-based MIS using ICT for routine analysis of project monitoring data.

A private OB-GYN counsels a young married couple on the contraceptive choices available to them.
In-Depth Improving Contraceptive Use in Young First-time Parents
Mukesh Kumar SharmaDevika VargheseEmily DasDeepti MathurHitesh Sahni November 3, 2021

With India’s adolescent and youth population on the rise, the country’s government has sought to address this group’s unique challenges. India’s Ministry of Health & Family Welfare created the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) program to respond to the critical need for adolescent reproductive and sexual health services. Focusing on young first-time parents, the program employed several strategies to strengthen the health system to respond to adolescent health needs. This required a trusted resource within the health system who could approach this cohort. Community frontline health workers emerged as the natural choice.

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