Innovations in Maternal Health (ePub)

of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. She is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi, where she earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics, Financing and Policy. She has previously worked at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) towards developing audio-visual case studies on innovative programmes in the area of maternal and child health being implemented in India. Before joining PHFI, Arora worked as a features writer with Outlook Traveller and Time Out, Delhi. She has a Masters in Broadcast Journalism and almost six years of experience in both print and broadcast journalism, as well as development communications. She has worked with NDTV and CARE India. Her interest in public health, developed after she worked, briefly at Delhi-based public relations firm, Imprimis PR, which specialized in health communications. Her present work assignment at PHFI allows her to apply her past work experience in broadcast journalism to health.



Sourav Neogi is working with Ernst & Young in the Development Advisory Services. He is a postgraduate in Health and Hospital Management from Indian Institute of Health Management and Research, Jaipur. He is currently working with Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd as a consultant in the Development Advisory Group.

His prior work experience includes project on ‘Developing Case Studies of Innovations in Public Health for Competency Strengthening and Advocacy’ at Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) as a research associate for 2.5 years. Neogi also worked with Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH), Udaipur as programme manager and the public health team in Medica Synergie Pvt. Ltd. He worked as an independent consultant to support State Health Society, Bihar for Preparation of State Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for the year 2008–09.

He has seven years of experience in the health sector and his understanding of the development sector has enabled him to gain experience in areas such as health system strengthening, documenting innovative initiatives, microfinance, reproductive child health, preparation of health action plans, biomedical waste management and hospital acquired infection. Neogi worked with the grassroots level NGOs, for-profit organizations, government and international donor agencies.