Another Milestone Accomplished PGI Doctor in Top 20 Global Researchers on Universal Health Coverage

Chandigarh: Dr. Shankar Prinja, Additional Professor of Health Economics in the PGI’s Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health has recently featured in the global list of Top 20 researchers working in the field of universal health coverage. A bibliometric analysis of research on universal health coverage conducted from January 1990 to September 2019, which was recently published JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, identified authors, journals and countries where maximum volume of high quality research on universal health coverage is published.
Dr. Prinja is the only researcher from India who features in this lists of top 20 researchers based on volume of research, impact of research and the quality of journals in which it is published. Others researchers in this list belong to the Harvard University, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, National University of Singapore and Thailand’s Ministry of Health, among others. Last year, Dr. Prinja was awarded the prestigious BC Shrivastav Foundation Award for his research on universal health coverage by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Universal Health Coverage is an important policy objective for health system globally. In India, the National Health Policy focuses on achieving universal health coverage. Overall, India ranks at number 5 in the list of countries which have published research in the field of universal health coverage, following United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Switzerland.