Kiran Kumbhar
@kikumbhar.bsky.social
Historian. Physician. UPenn CASI. History of medicine, public health, science; Indian history; health policy & global health.
For years, public health experts (incl me) believed that India suffers from a severe scarcity of doctors, that the WHO says 1:1000 doctor-population ratio is needed.
The reality, as it turns out, is far more complex. And there's NO WHO norm of that sort.
www.theindiaforum.in/education/co...
The reality, as it turns out, is far more complex. And there's NO WHO norm of that sort.
www.theindiaforum.in/education/co...
A Costly Number is Behind India's Medical Education Woes
A rapid expansion in medical colleges has been justified by India’s poor doctor-to-population ratio. The shortage of doctors, though, might be an invented figure.
www.theindiaforum.in
August 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
For years, public health experts (incl me) believed that India suffers from a severe scarcity of doctors, that the WHO says 1:1000 doctor-population ratio is needed.
The reality, as it turns out, is far more complex. And there's NO WHO norm of that sort.
www.theindiaforum.in/education/co...
The reality, as it turns out, is far more complex. And there's NO WHO norm of that sort.
www.theindiaforum.in/education/co...
Requesting folks to check out the website "University of History". My attempt - just one among many others by so many good folks - to serve as a helpful guide to how scholarly historians think, analyse and write. Here's a recent article from there: historyprofessor.in/2024/12/27/h...
Historiography 101: Examples from South Asian History
Consider this quote from an article on Indian/South Asian history: “It has been only in recent years that the influence of ideologies on the interpretation of Indian history has been recognized; pe…
historyprofessor.in
December 28, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Requesting folks to check out the website "University of History". My attempt - just one among many others by so many good folks - to serve as a helpful guide to how scholarly historians think, analyse and write. Here's a recent article from there: historyprofessor.in/2024/12/27/h...